Comments on: The Detroit News - "75% of Education School Grads Can't get Jobs in Michigan" http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/the-detroit-news-75-of-education-school-grads-cant-get-jobs-in-michigan/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Darren Lossia http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/the-detroit-news-75-of-education-school-grads-cant-get-jobs-in-michigan/#comment-17284 Darren Lossia Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:21:16 +0000 http://69.5.25.110/blog/the-detroit-news-75-of-education-school-grads-cant-get-jobs-in-michigan/#comment-17284 Pat, You pose an outstanding question and a better comment. Imagine the army of discouraged, certified but unemployed teachers that schools push out each year. These folks then have student loans, 3 or 4 years of time with a dismal return on their investment compared to others and the stigma associated of not realizing the fruits of their work. Apply your same logic to hundreds of government programs and people will realize that the goverment is a complete failure because it cannot adapt (quickly or otherwise) to change like a free market can. No private school offering teaching certificates would be viable in Michigan yet a government school survives on the backs of productive people (aka taxpayers). Besides providing minimal measures of public safety and protection of private property, can anyone think of a government program that has ever worked? i.e. provided a greater good compared to the costs???? The legal system??? Ask a litigant. The healthcare system?? Ask a patient??? Our road system? Ask an Oakland County resident who traveled on Orchard Lake in the past 8 weeks. Our school system? Ask people who pay property taxes and private school tuition in an effort to avoid it. For a great read, "Why Government Doesn't Work" by Harry Browne. Darren Lossia Pat,
You pose an outstanding question and a better comment. Imagine the army of discouraged, certified but unemployed teachers that schools push out each year. These folks then have student loans, 3 or 4 years of time with a dismal return on their investment compared to others and the stigma associated of not realizing the fruits of their work. Apply your same logic to hundreds of government programs and people will realize that the goverment is a complete failure because it cannot adapt (quickly or otherwise) to change like a free market can. No private school offering teaching certificates would be viable in Michigan yet a government school survives on the backs of productive people (aka taxpayers). Besides providing minimal measures of public safety and protection of private property, can anyone think of a government program that has ever worked? i.e. provided a greater good compared to the costs????
The legal system??? Ask a litigant.
The healthcare system?? Ask a patient??? Our road system? Ask an Oakland County resident who traveled on Orchard Lake in the past 8 weeks.
Our school system? Ask people who pay property taxes and private school tuition in an effort to avoid it.

For a great read, "Why Government Doesn't Work" by Harry Browne.

Darren Lossia

]]> By: Pat Laarman http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/the-detroit-news-75-of-education-school-grads-cant-get-jobs-in-michigan/#comment-16933 Pat Laarman Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:08:18 +0000 http://69.5.25.110/blog/the-detroit-news-75-of-education-school-grads-cant-get-jobs-in-michigan/#comment-16933 I think that it is wrong for Michigan Universities to accept the enrollment of students into the school of education when we know there are no jobs in the state. Why should Michigan tax payers continue to pay for the education of teachers who will go to other states to teach? Are education majors still the cash cow for universities? I think that it is wrong for Michigan Universities to accept the enrollment of students into the school of education when we know there are no jobs in the state.

Why should Michigan tax payers continue to pay for the education of teachers who will go to other states to teach?

Are education majors still the cash cow for universities?

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