Word to your mother

For all of his bumbling on matters of intelligence, Charles Murray, surprisingly gets right to the heart of the case for school choice.

Why School Choice Matters Most

"There are millions of parents out there who don’t have enough money for private school but who have thought just as sensibly and care just as much about their children’s education as affluent people do. Let’s use the money we are already spending on education in a way that gives those parents the same kind of choice that wealthy people, liberal and conservative alike, exercise right now. That should be the beginning and the end of the argument for school choice."

This has always been the essence of this debate, for me. As a child from a poor family, I have always loathed the snottiness of educated and not-so-educated members of various elites and parties who could not fundamentally respect my choices and the choices that families like mine would make because of some arrogant certainty that they knew better. Because they said so, that's why.

It's not only unwarranted. The older I get, the more I recognize the pretense of it. Generally, meant to serve the interests of the same snots.

School choice is a good idea because peoples' choices, especially in the most intimate and important matters in their lives, should be respected. Period.

Word to your mother.