Comes a question, from the League of Women Voters, to candidates such as I. (I'm running for the state legislature, House District 44.)
"What is crucial to creating a world-class education system
in Utah? How should it be financed?"
We will need to have teachers who enjoy what they do, who teach with excitement and make the topics interesting. We will need to have students who come to class excited to learn. All the funding and all the solutions to be offered cannot substitute for those two factors. Give us just those two things, and our students will excel and learn beyond what students elsewhere are learning.
So, fostering a love of education, and simple things such as parents expressing a love of education to their children are more important than fancy programs.
That is not to say we shouldn't have the best programs we can find, and the best we can afford. It is just to say that first and foremost, we should hype the opportunity to learn. We should instill in all our people a love of learning.
If we create this love of learning, it will not so much matter whether the education is public or private. Motivation trumps system.
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