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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (7221)	1/22/2012 9:23:44 AM
From: Bearcatbob	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The next loony demand will be that all courses be graded as pass fail soon followed by any failure characterized as a right wing plot to destroy America. Bob

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (7221)	1/22/2012 10:54:55 AM
From: Little Joe	Respond to of 85487

There are other problems which must be solved first. Under the current system, most states spend about 30% of their budget on education and the feds throw in another 60 billion, and yet during my entire adult life the trend in education in America has gone down, not up. We must first fix that, otherwise we will be paying for PHd's in basketweaving and the effects of comic books on our culture. I don't know how they do it now but years ago I knew an English chemist. The system he described for college education, was that the government paid for it, but you had to get a certain score on tests and maintain a certain grade point average. I think this would be a necessary component of any system. I think your concerns about creationism are legitimate and the best way to handle that would be a voucher system where parents could choose a school for their children. lj