On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:42:02 -0800, "nom=de=plume" wrote:

"jps" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:18:14 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"I am Tosk" wrote in message
...

I just heard an amazing stat, not a good one. 50% of San Francisco area
students don't graduate High School, and 90% don't go to College!
Furthermore,
250 "area" (sic) schools failed to pass the standards required by law. I
am not
trying to do a blue state, red state thing here, this is Americas
problem.

Scotty

--
In the mind of a racer, that checkered flag means nothing once you go by
it.
It was your "last" win, and all you think about is changing that


It's a big problem for most cities and probably a big problem in the rural
areas also. Perhaps if we actually funded No Child Left Behind properly?

I think we should spend a lot more time and money worrying about
whether creationism is taught in science class. That way all other
nations will get a further jump on our workforce, having our cake and
eating it too.

We've gone backwards thanks to Texas board of education and other
fundamentalist-sympathetic organizations. I'm curious what percentage
our "best and brightest" are recent immigrants who take advantage of
our superior higher ed system.

As a country, we're too stupid to recognize when our ass is being
handed to us.


You notice how the kooks here are unable to have an intelligent
conversation. The same bonehead was spoofing someone else. I guess it's my
turn. They're a product of the education system I suppose. I wonder if he's
from Texas.

Read your last twenty posts and tell us which represent your most intelligent
conversation.

WAFJ!
--
John H

"Vote for a Democrat, it's easier than working!"