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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (47306)	10/16/2000 6:46:09 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769667

<<A lot of the criticism Bush is getting on this thread because of Texas' low rankings stems from exactly the problems your daughter is encountering in her teaching-- we have overwhelming immigration putting a lot of stress on our system. >> Especially illegal immigration. I was down in McAllen, Texas in '85. Saw the rows of people living in cars and tarpaper just outside of town. Bush wasn't the governor then. Transient people who crossed the boarder and went back after a few months. A lot of the ratings about Texas is like saying Minnesota shouldn't have snow.

To: Rambi who wrote (47306)	10/16/2000 6:54:40 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"DID she go to private school?" My daughter went to a public school for her entire education. She graduated from a school in New Mexico, where more than 30% don't even graduate, and of those who do, only about 10% ever get to any college. She spent one semester at the Univ. of New Mexico and then she started at Cornell, where her really poor quality high school education led to some hard earned C's in her freshman year. But when you go to the major leagues, you either stick it out and succeed, or you go back to the minors. By the time she graduated, she was making all A's and B's, but had realized that with all the geniuses at Cornell, she could never get to the top academically. That led her to a more balanced life, devoting a lot of time to the swim and bike teams. She had a lot of family support and money, more than the average student. So it is unlikely that the average student from a high school as poor quality as hers would have done as well as she did. I do not disparage the Texas schools, but I do know that any valid measure of improvement has to result from policies and budget priorities that were in place before he got into office. As my statistics professor always used to say, "Whenever something good happens, a politician will always take credit for it."