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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (51312)	6/2/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

A.) Most suburban schools aren't so bad, and even the cities usually have pretty good flagship schools, specialty schools (like Bronx Sci), and magnet schools; B.) The greatest success in the inner cities has been in parochial schools, usually Catholic, with a more disciplined and involved environment; C.) California is overburdened with recent immigrants, which is the real reason it looks bad on standardized tests; D.) Boarding school is mostly a way of getting rid of the kids, except in those rare instances when it is part of family tradition, or an exceptional opportunity (say for a scholarship kid aiming at the Ivies)...In almost every instance I heard about from acquaintances, being sent to some kind of boarding school was related to divorce, remarriage, or disciplinary problems...