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To: epicure who wrote (1500)	5/26/2003 11:50:26 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793866

Suburban schools with lots of money are great. Most people are happy with their public school. That's because the parents don't realize how bad they are, and how good they could be. It is the reason we can't pass vouchers in California. I know. I was in the last fight for them there. If you give vouchers, the parents who are concerned will leave, and you will be left with a dead and dying public institution, sucked dry, and containing children you have thrown away, before they had a chance. The inner city parents are the ones who are want the vouchers, but better than 62%. The schools there are dead. The kids whose parents use vouchers are the ones who will have a chance. Right now nobody in the inner city can get a good education. IMO the solution in the inner cities is a full out "war" on poverty and ignorance. Ahh, you are so '70s, X. And if you think bright folks with graduate degress will normally work for 22 or even 44k in california, you're dreaming. I don't care how many degrees you have, or how bright you think you are, X, you are worth what the market will pay. You took the part time teaching job because you would rather do that than anything else that was available. I'd like to see things get better. We all would, X. We are arguing about what is the best way.