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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: DOUG H who wrote (204421)11/21/2001 2:29:01 PM
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Yes, it does. The question with all subjects that has been inadequately defined, with the possible exception of literacy and numeracy, is what do we expect people to retain in the long run? Obviously, no one cares if they remember what a ziggurat is when they are 40. But shouldn't they remember the Tigris- Euphrates as a cradle of civilization? Shouldn't they know the continents and the oceans? Shouldn't they know what kinetic energy is? We can only evaluate how we are doing in teaching them, and gear ourselves to improvement, when we know what we are supposed to achieve........
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