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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: RON BL who wrote (263775)6/14/2002 11:35:53 AM
From: Mr. Whist  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Re: "Democrats are fond of calling themselves the education party and they are correct. They have presided over the growing failure of the education system and their children cannot read or write and have limited exposure to the great thinkers of the past."

What has happened in the education system in the past 30 years is highly complex, not easily explainable in terms of Democrat vs. Republican, conservative vs. liberal, back-to-basics vs. alternative, experimental forms of learning, parochial vs. public, etc.

In fact, today there are far greater opportunities for high-achievers than when I went to high school in the '60s. Same also applies in areas such as vo-tech and special education.

As far as "Why can't Johnny read?": Part of the answer is that society puts a much smaller emphasis on reading today than, say, two-three-four decades ago. Fewer people are reading books, newspapers, magazines today. Fewer parents are insisting that their children develop good reading habits.
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