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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (61915)	10/9/2002 2:25:47 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Sure, they have a right to their own choices. That is not a matter of controversy. I have a right to disapprove of their choices, and to use what influence I may have to affect them. It is best to use what influence one may have to get them to learn, for the reasons I stipulated, and it is not merely a personal matter, again, for the reasons I stipulated. If I could affect black culture, so that good students were not stigmatized for "acting white", but held out as examples to the community, and students were not satisfied with C and D, or prone to shrug off failure, but resolved to do better and work for at least a B, I would do it, with no hesitancy. I would not say that it is a matter of personal freedom, and I shouldn't interfere.......