Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com>]

I second this idea - when I was a college student, I voted no to every tax increase (ah, the power of being blissfully ignorant....).

However, instead of going in with the mindset of "rebutting" and telling people why they are wrong (*grin*), what about going in with the mindset of listening to each other and looking for valid points? The problem is, I don't know how that would look - a good moderator would probably know how to make that happen.

Furthermore, one of the biggest factors that turned me into a solid "YES" vote is when I heard about the CFT endorsing the referendum. My thought is if the teachers (in general - I know there are some who disagree) think the referendum is a good idea, I am going to stand with the teachers on this one. So just a wild idea (and I know you are going to laugh), what if the CFT were to engage with those campus town apartment owners and college students? What if this were a "community class" so to speak?

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Bob <elboco AT comcast.net> wrote:

Will there be any concerted effort from supporters of the Unit 4 referendum to rebut any campus town apartment owners who will probably target college students to vote no?  NG article from a few weeks ago regarding increases in tax assesments.  It was kind of buried in the article but the gist was that apartment owners would object to the Unit 4 rerferendum since their property tax assessments had been more than doubled.  College students along with the standard "no new tax" crowd could kill the referendum unless college students are informed of the necessity of the referendum for the good of the CU community.  My daughter is in A E Phi which was specifically mentioned in the article - she WILL be voting for the referendum.

Bob

On 10/13/2016 7:40 PM, Pattsi Petrie wrote:

I have just learned that my posting has caused a misinterpretation when I thought that I was positing a theoretical question. For clarification, I have stated publicly in an early N-G article and just last night during a radio interview that both the Unit 4 referendum and the County Board quarter cent referendum ought to be supported. I have consistently stated that these referendum are not in competition and serve entirely different purposes..

I certainly apologize for the consternation that I have unintentionally caused.

P2

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Charles Schultz