I'm not sure if I've written about this before, but I don't like libraries. I just don't like em! I don't know why my tax dollars have to pay for a building to house a bunch of old musty books. Now, as a book lover, I like the idea of libraries, and I think they had a place in our history, but I think that place is long gone. I think they're too expensive and outdated. I bet I could buy old Kindles for every public library user and it would be less administrative cost, more books, and easier for everyone involved. Want to read a book? Go to the city hall and sign out a Kindle. Download the book you want. No grubby old books with dog-eared beat-up pages, filthy and gross. No old women with stern eyes yelling at you about your book being late. Why not have private libraries. Public libraries . . . They're right up there with Doctors' Offices in my book.
I HATE doctors. I can't think of another industry where I could set an appointment with someone and then when I arrive they make me sign in and wait, then half an hour later they "seat me" or in their case take me to another holding room where I wait even longer. If I made people who came to visit me wait in the lobby, then wait in my office, then I pop in to speak to them for five minutes before dismissing them or handing them over to my assistant, I'd be fired.
Or imagine it's a restaurant.
"Hello, we have a 7 pm reservation."
"Welcome, Mr. Hannah, if you and your date could just wait here in our front room for a bit, we'll seat you as soon as we can."
"But I have a reservation."
"We'll be with you as soon as we can."
(30 min later)
"If you can come with me I'll seat you, but you won't be able to order until your waitress has time, should be another 15 minutes or so."
It's absurd!!!
Today, during a discussion with my oldest kiddo, this expanded to public schools. Why do we have them? Why not make every school a private school. Add a function of competition? Why should we have public schools at all?
Too much disparity between rich and poor schools would exist if they were all private.
Good argument, but too much disparity exists between rich and poor schools now and they're public.
Think of the restaurant analogy again. Let's apply the public school principle to restaurants. I live in my neighborhood, I am zoned to Niko's Restaurant. I can only go there. Niko's knows I can only come to them and they get my tax dollars regardless if I go to them, or if I choose to go to a private restaurant. Why should Niko's get better? They know I'm stuck going to them. It's a crazy institution to think we need public schools or that it makes schooling for kiddos better.
We have about 4 high schools within the same distance from my home. Shouldn't my kiddo be allowed to pick the one he wants to go to? If all the kids like High School A, great! They're doing something right! If High School C isn't getting many kids, they better adjust, adapt, and fix what they're doing to get more kids, or they'll be gone!
Allow the market to work. Obviously, it's not the end all beat all, Doctors still stink, but public libraries and public schools, not a fan!
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