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To: koan who wrote (780065)	4/16/2014 10:41:07 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577100

I appreciate your advocacy for education but you have the cart before the horse here. In order for people to benefit from free and public education at an optimal level they need to be ready, willing, and able to take on the challenge. They need to have the resources, support, and bandwidth to dedicate themselves to the task. The population we are discussing (multi-generational single women) have been robbed of all that... but they are free and single as you keep reminding me. That is what the extreme left wanted, likes, and has produced. They (you) simply ignore the consequences you don't like to accept. USA Facts · Over 24 million women living below the poverty line in the USA. · In 2010 31.6 % of households headed by single women were poor. · In 2008 54% of adult women with incomes below the poverty line were single women without children. · Single mothers are more likely to be poor than anyone. · Almost a third of black women live below the poverty line. · 35 percent of households headed by single moms are food insecure. · Victims of intimate partner violence collectively lose an estimated 8 million paid days of work per year. · Women below the poverty line are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and other mental health disorders. · Over 22 million women in the United States have been raped in their lifetime. (National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010) · Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) calculation based on 2000 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice) · Of female rape or sexual assault victims in 2010, 25 percent were assaulted by a stranger, 48 percent by friends or acquaintances, and 17 percent were intimate partners. (National Crime Victimization Survey 2010) Fact #15: Almost 10% of high school students are victims of dating violence each year. (Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 2009).