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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: longnshort who wrote (106005)8/25/2007 11:55:36 PM
From: JBTFD  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 173976
 
"Kids come out and they can't do math, are clueless about history, one question had 20% of the kids saying Gettysburg is where we kill Hitler during WW ONE.

They can't find Canada on a map."


.....and are therefore willing to work for minimum wage.

You are still laboring under the misconception that the educational system is aimed at something other than creating low level functionaries. I wonder when you will wake the f up.



To: longnshort who wrote (106005)8/26/2007 9:14:05 AM
From: SeachRE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
What about the effect of drugs, broken families, teacher intimidation by students etc? You're dealing with a complex issue. Put a dozen bad apples in the best private school, and see what happens to rest of the bunch. It's not all the teacher's fault, PENNYstockboy.