On 2018-12-04 9:22 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >, graham >
> wrote:
>
>> We have 2 systems here, public and separate (Catholic) and unfortunately
>> it's in the AB Constitution so we are stuck with it. The papist bishop
>> wouldn't allow the schools to have the pupils jabbed for HPV but I think
>> that has been overcome now. Ironically, the separate system is much
>> better run than the public one.
>
> There's nothing ironic about it. Institutions with either a monetary or
> religious incentive always perform better than a government run one.
> The key is incentive. Money and belief trump government every time. It
> is always a present danger to socialists.

Around here they are basically the same, except for the religion part.
The curriculum is dictated by the province. The funding comes from
local property taxes and from the province. The funding is administered
locally by the boards, one for the public schools and one for the
Catholic Separate schools.

Then there are a number of private schools and a religious schools.
Some of them offer excellent education, and others are little more than
scams. The high school on our little village was closed years ago and
the students transferred to a newer, larger facility. A private school
bought the old building and re-opened it as a school for foreign
students. It failed miserably within months. There have been a number
of other situations like that.


>
> [ObFood] Leftover chicken, noodle and vegetable stew with bread and
> butter. The whole chicken cost $3.27 which is cheap where I shop. I
> just (Right now!) decided to curry the hindquarters for myself. My wife
> won't touch it.


My wife eats a low carb diet. I made chicken and turmeric soup with
sweet potato and chick peas. She was not thrilled by the high carb
meal, but it was so good she had seconds.