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To: DOUG H who wrote (252240)	5/1/2002 12:00:51 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 769667

Dear Doug: There is a reason. For example in many Asian countries PUBLIC (free) school ends about 8th grade, after that you gotta pay to go. A chain is ONLY as strong as its weakest link. Here in USA we tend to teach to the lowest level and since education perceived as FREE no one really appreciates it nor do parents participate as they ought too. For those of you with young children I will give you some INCENTIVE to participate. My incentive is THIS. If your child graduates from high school in an upper level he/she normally pays NOTHING for college. My son went through his entire undergraduate progam at U of F and it basically only cost me his board (which I would have had anyhow if he stayed home). Now he is working on his Phd AND the SCHOOL pays him $24,000 to ATTEND plus waives ALL tuition. So, good grades CAN be important even to PARENTS. jdn