Review of Thousand Oaks, California


Thanks to prop 13
Star Rating - 8/3/2006
As a child in the Midwest, the dream was to go to school in California. The best education is the US. How things have changed. All that $ that used to go to schools is gone to shore up the low property taxes. While the intent was admirable the result was catastrophic and the schools are mediocre at best. What place are US schools now compared to the rest of the world...23rd I think.
bonnie | Thousand Oaks, CA
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The reason the schools are bad is because of the top heavy payscale, the lifetime do-gooders and the greedy politicians, not to mention the lazy parents who just shuffle their kids off to be babysat by idiots (who work 180 days a year and complain). And Don't forget the multi million dollar art centers and overblown football arenas and las vegas style marquis that they didn't need. This state would be number one if folks just grabbed the bull by the horns and took back their system from these pathetic parasites who think they are doing us a favor by dumbing us down so we are on the same level as them. Home school your children folks. Don't let them be thrown into the mind grinder we mislabel as Public Schooling. The three "r"s are out, and you know what's in. At least that is the way it is here in T.O., Ca. As for prop 13, If it wasn't for that, there would be no middle class here. Do you want more money to be thrown into the bottomless pit? Who have you been listening to? It sounds like the Teachers Union or the Ninth Circuit Court. Hope things get better for you. My four kids survived it way back then, but I would never send them there now.
oldBen | Thousand Oaks, CA | Report Abuse

I want friends like this person when I return to LA. California is for those who don't like people saying, "Well, it's never been done." Everyone benefits from a strong middle class; and it is the surest sign of freedom and opportunity.
Silver | Pleasant Grove, UT | Report Abuse
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