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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: epicure who wrote (344681)1/18/2003 8:50:57 PM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
I take issue with aspects of public schooling and still believe in vouchers, but there are good things about public schooling.

In my own family's case, our son has Asperger's Syndrome and our daughter is legally blind from birth though few people know the severity and most do not know there is a problem.

When our first child, which was our son reached the age to begin formal schooling, we enrolled him in private school wishing the best for him. Shortly there after he was rejected for being unruly in class. At the time, he apparently had a fascination with the classroom pencil sharpener. This of course was an unnecessary disruption for the class. Thinking back though, I wonder why the teacher did not advise him to grind up a few pencils to satisfy his curiosity, after class.

We have great kids. Our son has since made high marks in school and has become an Eagle Scout. Many of his teachers wrote glowing and heart felt letters of recommendation to the Scout's board of review. Our daughter is in the Drill Team and the most benevolent and caring child one could imagine as she befriends those more disabled than herself.

Public school can always be better and we should all endeavor to make it so, because it is through those halls most of our children will pass.

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