Skjellyfetti wrote:CID1990 wrote:That's why they blew their load opposing a woman for DoEd because children will FVCKING DIE HORRIBLE DEATHS because school vouchers
You think people were against DeVos simply because of vouchers?
It was akin to the Harriet Miers SCOTUS nomination. There was absolutely no reason she should hold the post.
There was one reason she should hold the post...and a VERY good one. SOMEBODY needs to look at our country's education system from the outside. It needs to change...in very big ways, and no one on the inside is willing to do anything but paint some lipstick on the existing garbage we call an education system.
So yeah, there was a very good reason to try anyone, including DeVos, who has an outsider's view so that there can be REAL changes. You can argue that someone else might have been a better pick, but then again, no one who opposes the entrenched broken education system would have been accepted by the Dems.
Frankly, I don't think anyone can do more damage to our education system than has already been done lately. Delaware got what, $100 effing million in Race to the Top money and we went through it like it was water. Anyone see improvements in DE's education? Big money...small state...and it was wasted. Shocking, I tell you.
If she doesn't change things for the better, kick her arse to the curb. But, give her a shot at initiating some real change.