Another response to an online commentary, that stands on it's   
    own.   
      
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    It took centuries to build our public education system. Right   
    wingers are destroying it over a few decades.   
      
    In the 50s and 60s you could say the way to the middle class is   
    through the classroom, and you would be telling the truth. In   
    the '50s and '60s a 7% unemployment rate was considered a near   
    disaster.   
      
    Today 7% is not only considered the new norm, it's also a lie.   
    The real unemployment rate is more like 14%. As long as we have   
    that the road to the middle class will be more likely through   
    the abortion clinic than the classroom. The best single thing   
    you can do to have financial security is, don't have children.   
    Any solution that doesn't fix that is a failure from the start.   
      
    A common core curriculum is a very good idea. Grading on test   
    scores isn't really bad. It's doing all that as a hammer on   
    hungry children and families that are desperate that is pure   
    evil.   
      
    Until we rebuild our society on the basis that having children   
    is not a mistake, don't even try to blame teachers for   
    societies failure to educate our children.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@bex.net   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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