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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: jlallen who wrote (119688)12/27/2000 10:42:46 AM
From: Mr. Whist  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
You raise some excellent points. I had a similar chat with an editor of the local newspaper a few years ago. I asked him why the local paper devotes so much space every day to high school jocks who play basketball and football and run track, and so little space to a kid from an inner-city school who achieves a scholarship to an Ivy League school. Why not devote more space to saluting kids who excel in school as opposed to those who run for touchdowns?

I think your daughter's "egghead" concern speaks volumes about how society as a whole views education ... and the role of educated young ladies in society: "We want quarterbacks and volleyball players, not scientists or female business executives, dammit!"
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