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628<I> I'm of the school that considers such notions as "culture of TimF-9/26/2005
627<i> but five acres seems too self-sustaining to me. </i> ConsiderTimF-9/26/2005
626 Some more good news - "The nation's crime rate was unchanged last yTimF-9/26/2005
625<I> Actually Taylor's article in the NYRB makes precisely that case foTimF-9/26/2005
624<i>Only when those "methods" are actually ways to oppose civil rJohnM-9/26/2005
623<i> Only when those "methods" are actually ways to oppose civil TimF-9/26/2005
622<i>We must be talking about two different things. My sense of "culturJohnM-9/26/2005
621Yes, Kholt, a long time ago. He has since passed on but he was not killed by theSuma-9/26/2005
620And your school psychologist had a chance to say that more than once before beinLane3-9/26/2005
619Unfortunately, the mind set that, everything bad that's happened to me is soSuma-9/26/2005
618Poor Women's 'Magical Outlook' By William Raspberry Monday, SeptemLane3-9/26/2005
617<i>The opposite mind set, that everything is one's own fault is probleGeoff Altman-9/26/2005
616He was older--sixteen or seventeen. I omitted a key detail of the encounter. SLane3-9/26/2005
615My first hand experience with inner city school is extremely limited. I was lucGeoff Altman-9/26/2005
614Unfortunately, the mind set that, everything bad that's happened to me is soGeoff Altman-9/26/2005
613I agree with that. In the larger California districts, it is an open secret thatConstant Reader-9/26/2005
612<i>But the larger lesson is that we are driving the best people away from Lane3-9/26/2005
611<i>And given that experience, it's genuinely hard to argue that a &quoLane3-9/26/2005
610<i>Unfortunately, that school, and particularly that department, was complJohnM-9/26/2005
609Thanks for the link. It reminded me of an experience I had with a charter schooLane3-9/26/2005
608<i>. . . .then they are taking kids who, first of all, want something bettJohnM-9/26/2005
607<i>He's the sort who wants to make a life that is livable but has no iConstant Reader-9/26/2005
606<i>They are in Harlem and draw students from their neighborhood in Harlem Lane3-9/26/2005
605<i>I see. Then students and teachers are selected out of a hat? How intereJohnM-9/26/2005
604<i>Do you know how much opposition there is to that school within the educJohnM-9/26/2005
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