Government school Rationing
"Zone cheats."
That is what some parents in Auckland have been labelled for simply trying to get the BEST EDUCATION for their children.
When I pay money for goods and services, I always attempt to get the best service or best quality goods for my money that I can.
I do not believe it is wise to purchase damaged, faulty or worn out goods for TOP PRICES
When I go out to a restaurant I only go to a restaurant where I know the food is GOOD - I will not on purpose go to a restaurant where the food is BAD, ill prepared, STALE, or of BAD VALUE.
So WHY are schools any different?
Why should I NOT attempt to get the BEST education for my children that my money can buy?
THIS is how the government run school system works! Parents are FORCED into paying TOP PRICES, and FORCED into receiving what they are given, with NO OPTION to change or exchange!
Break the rules (rules about which no one is really too sure) and you, sir and madam, are "zone cheats."
Can you imagine being called a "zone cheat" because you've been to the "wrong" supermarket; or the "wrong" book store; or the "wrong" service station?
What's the difference? Why do we have arbitrarily-drawn zones for schools when we don't have them for supermarkets, stores or service stations?
Why?
Simply because for the privately-delivered services we have something called a market, a place in which people can freely bid for the services they wish to purchase, and pricing and supply are set by entrepreneurs looking for a place in the market by meeting the needs and wishes of the customers they hope to attract.
There is no market in New Zealand's factory schools. Instead we have rationing.
In the absence of a market, we have government-imposed rationing -- rationing by zone; if you want to send your son to Auckland Grammar you will either have to pay $50-100-200,000 more to live in the zone, or you'll have to be a "zone cheat." If you're a "zone cheat," expect to be pilloried.
In a market, extra customers are a good thing.
Without markets ... extra punters are a bad thing ... a bloody nuisance ... cheats!
Good thing we don't have markets for our schools, huh? Rationing is so much more civilised than the way we buy our groceries, isn't it.
LINKS: School insists zone cheats should stay out - Newstalk ZB
Hat Tip to NotPC for much of this article
That is what some parents in Auckland have been labelled for simply trying to get the BEST EDUCATION for their children.
When I pay money for goods and services, I always attempt to get the best service or best quality goods for my money that I can.
I do not believe it is wise to purchase damaged, faulty or worn out goods for TOP PRICES
When I go out to a restaurant I only go to a restaurant where I know the food is GOOD - I will not on purpose go to a restaurant where the food is BAD, ill prepared, STALE, or of BAD VALUE.
So WHY are schools any different?
Why should I NOT attempt to get the BEST education for my children that my money can buy?
THIS is how the government run school system works! Parents are FORCED into paying TOP PRICES, and FORCED into receiving what they are given, with NO OPTION to change or exchange!
Break the rules (rules about which no one is really too sure) and you, sir and madam, are "zone cheats."
Can you imagine being called a "zone cheat" because you've been to the "wrong" supermarket; or the "wrong" book store; or the "wrong" service station?
What's the difference? Why do we have arbitrarily-drawn zones for schools when we don't have them for supermarkets, stores or service stations?
Why?
Simply because for the privately-delivered services we have something called a market, a place in which people can freely bid for the services they wish to purchase, and pricing and supply are set by entrepreneurs looking for a place in the market by meeting the needs and wishes of the customers they hope to attract.
There is no market in New Zealand's factory schools. Instead we have rationing.
In the absence of a market, we have government-imposed rationing -- rationing by zone; if you want to send your son to Auckland Grammar you will either have to pay $50-100-200,000 more to live in the zone, or you'll have to be a "zone cheat." If you're a "zone cheat," expect to be pilloried.
In a market, extra customers are a good thing.
Without markets ... extra punters are a bad thing ... a bloody nuisance ... cheats!
Good thing we don't have markets for our schools, huh? Rationing is so much more civilised than the way we buy our groceries, isn't it.
LINKS: School insists zone cheats should stay out - Newstalk ZB
Hat Tip to NotPC for much of this article
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