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Nobel laureates urge PM: Free education from age of 3
Telem Yahav
Published: 18.12.11, 12:48
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1. Free education for every Jewish child
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.18.11)
I am not interested in funding free education for Arab children. Let them fend for themselves. I am sick and tired of taxpayer money going to fund Arab schools where children are taught to hate Jews, where they are taught that there is no such thing as the State of Israel, where maps in textbooks do not include Israel and where they are spoon-fed with an invented so-called "history" and indoctrinated with a false litany of alleged grievances against the Jewish state. If the Arabs schools allow Israel to take over control of the curriculum taught in Arab schools, then we can revisit the issue. Not unless; not until. Oh, and lest you ask -- I am not interested in funding a free education for the children of guest workers who have overstayed their visas and deliberately bore children in Israel; nor am I interested in funding a free education for illegal aliens. Everything we have done for the Arabs or the illegal aliens and guest workers -- and we have done a great deal -- has not produced a single Nobel Prize or a single prize in Mathematics. Let's increase the funding for what demonstrably works! Anyone who doesn't like it is free to leave Israel. The last thing on earth that I am interested in doing is funding a free education for children who are taught nothing but hate, or for children who have no ties to Israel and do not plan upon developing such ties. Let's invest where we know we will derive a return.
2. 'nobel laureate' says 'educate' 3 yr olds
moron ,   galut   (12.18.11)
who?..the government? in what?..secular humanism?..''free'' education meaning nobody responsible for results,robbing your friends and neighbors and everybody dumbed down..free like the government is santa claus
3. Economics must come before ideals
zionist forever   (12.18.11)
The idea of free schooling starting age three is a nice idea but we have to think of the economics behind it. It will mean building and running more schools, hiring new teachers, buying new materials. Its going to cost billions and we have to ask if we can afford it. The fact we have a bunch of intellectuals with Nobel Prizes, idiots who don't understand the first thing about economics like Daphne Leef and idealist former far left education ministers like Yossi Sarid and Yuli Tamir should not even be taken into account. Its all got to come down to economics and priorities when it comes to spending. If we decide we got the money and it should be a priority then go for it but if not then tell Daphne Leef & her idealist friends no deal. We don't want to become the next Greece so we can fund all these things the protestors and their supporters have been demanding.
4. PRONOUNCEABLE spelling, EDUCATION, econ/soc/cult. GROWTH!!!
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (12.18.11)
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zionist forever   (12.18.11)
Palestinians are not our enemies they are our friends. There is nothing in this entire world more important than the peace process. Iran is just misunderstood and is very rude to call Ahmadinejad a monkey. Communism is the ideal lifestyle and capitalism is evil and immoral. Money should never be an object to anything if we want something we are entitled to it and if we attach the words social justice to it then we must have it. Tycoons are evil and we should kill them all and their money given to all the good people because all the poor people are good so take from the evil rich and give it to the good poor. We should outlaw all right wing political parties and Bibi & Liberman should be executed. we should outlaw Judaism to make sure there is no segregation on busses. If the Muslims want to wake everybody at 4am with the muezzin then we should give them bigger loudspeakers because its wrong to discriminate against Islam, especially as its the religion of peace. Both Obama & Arafat won Nobel Peace Prizes so we should have great respect for these great men and friends of Israel.
6. # 1 Sarah "Sick" B
mba ,   Israel   (12.18.11)
How can one take such a positive initative and turn it into a racist, vile diatribe. Well, we all know Sarah by now and I guess she was just born that way.
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