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To: steve harris who wrote (373244)	3/9/2008 12:06:18 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571424

>And throwing more money at it isn't working. Are we throwing more money at it? From where I'm standing, the places that need money the most are losing it... -Z

To: steve harris who wrote (373244)	3/9/2008 1:02:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571424

I'll stay with the fact that American students are failed by their tenured, unionized, socialist education system. I would tend to agree with you because you are an example of the educational system not working at its optimum. And don't think I didn't notice at the beginning of this thread how uncomfortable you were posting in public......how you limited your responses to a few words. Even now, your posts are short if not sweet. And now I know the kind of kid you were going through the system......you were the kid who had a decent brain but who thought he was superior to everyone else and refused to do much. You fought your teachers every step of the way. Of course, that sense of superiority was an effort to mask your feelings of inferiority, and probably your teachers knew that, but with 30 kids in a classroom, its tough to give kids the kind of individualized attention some require. In any case, I think its time to admit your significant role in how the American educational system failed you. And throwing more money at it isn't working. They have never thrown more money at education. That is an urban legend created by the right. I am sure Z can tell us of stories of his mother having to buy paper or pens for her students even as she was underpaid as a professional. And that kind of crap continues today. Where school districts are affluent and can afford better equipment and less students per teacher, the results typically are superior. There are so many ways the right has hurt this country and underfunding of education is just one more example.