On 05-18-10, ROSS CASSELL said to TIM RICHARDSON:   
      
   RC>Hello TIM!   
      
   RC>18 May 10 05:10, you wrote to me:   
      
   TR> I wasn't going to get into this thread.....but from many years of   
   TR> observation, I see our education system as broken, and probably beyond   
   TR> repair.   
   RC>[..]   
      
      
   RC>Yes I know... Hell kids have to carry graphing calculators to school with   
   RC>them, else they might risk a incomplete, whereas there was a time right   
   RC>after the handheld calculator came to the masses, that to carry one meant   
   RC>severe sanctions. (confiscation, detention, suspension etc)   
      
      
   RC>However I do not believe that all our teachers are the problem as Klahn   
   RC>and Wilson wish to presume.   
      
      
   RC>However like typical liberals, all they want to do is pass students for   
   RC>sowig up to class, who cares if they know the subject matter.   
      
      
   The results of Affirmative Action, and regular `social' promotion are going to   
   come back to haunt us.   
      
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