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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (87326)11/25/2000 3:12:03 PM
From: Shadow  Read Replies (6) of 769670
 
I work in a small machine shop in Southern CA.
Over the years we have hired a half dozen young
high school graduates. All were totally ignorant
in simple math. Several were unable to do math WITH A
CALCULATOR. Most were unable to read beyond comic book
level and a couple were functionally illiterate.
A friend has his daughter in a local elementary school.
She is the only kid in a class of 35 who speaks English.
The education system in SOCAL is near collapse.
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