# Public Education System **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 21, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-education-system/13602 "2006-06-21T09:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 59
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-education-system/13602/59 "2006-06-21T11:46:35Z")
> [@badazzss](#): > > word… if the kid hasn’t been brought up correctly, there is very little chance that he will give a shit. i doubt that teachers could impact 5%, let alone 50%. > > i lived in buffalo when i was 11~12, then moved to the burbs. it was ok then, but it’s terrible now. anyone who wants to learn and have a future has to go to school outside the city or to private. ignorance and an uncaring attitude seem to be passed down from parents to kids… instead of values like respect, friendship, and courtesy. people who lack values will rely on others to take care of them, ala parents, friends, or the state. that leads right to the lax attitude about education - who cares - someone will help me - why work hard when i can just be lazy and poor and uninformed? > > if people don’t WANT to be educated, there’s no way to better the system. go spend some time in a public school, whether its middle or HS. most don’t think about their future, b/c their biggest role models never stressed the importance. exactly. people start seeing that thier parents didnt give a shit thier whole lives, and now they sit around all day in thier house that the government helped pay for and wait for thier welfare check to come in the mail. the kids see that and think ‘well what the hell do i need to work and learn for when i can jsut sit on my ass all day and the government will pay me for it?’ --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-education-system/13602)._