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Families who do not send their children to government financed schools should not be required to pay taxes that supports universal education. To what extent do you agree

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Families
 who do not send their
children
 to government-financed
school
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schools
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 should not be required to pay taxes that support universal education. When
families
 send their
children
 to non-public (
that is
, parochial and private)
schools
, they must pay tuition and other
school
 expenses. Spending additional money to pay taxes creates an even greater financial hardship for these
families
. They must make sacrifices, trying to have enough money to pay for
school
in addition
 to other bills.
For example
, my friend
Amalia
 is a single mother with an eight-year-old son, Andrew. Because they survive solely on her income, money is tight.
Amalia
 works at least 10 hours of overtime each week to cover Andrew's
school
 expenses.
This
 gives
Amalia
 and Andrew less time to spend together, and she is always so tired that she is impatient with him when they do have family time. Clearly,
this
 extra expense is an unfair burden for hard-working parents like
Amalia
. While some people may consider parochial or private
school
 to be a luxury, for many
families
 it is essential because their community's public
schools
 fail to meet their
children
's needs. Unfortunately, due to shrinking budgets, many
schools
 lack well-qualified, experienced educators.
Children
 may be taught by someone who is not a certified teacher or who knows little about the subject matter. Some problems are even more serious.
For example
, the public high
school
 in my old
neighborhood
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/neighbourhood had serious safety problems, due to students bringing guns, drugs, and alcohol to
school
. After a gang-related shooting occurred at the high
school
, my parents felt that they had no choice but to
enroll
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 me in a parochial
school
 that was known for being very safe. Unfortunately, even when
families
 prefer public
schools
, sometimes they can't send their
children
 to one. These
families
 are burdened not only
for
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by
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 paying expenses at another
school
,
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 but
also
 by being forced to pay taxes to support a public
school
 that they do not use
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