On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:32 PM, David Brin wrote:
PS Today announced. The service academies have seen
a plummet in applications of unprecedented
proportions.
The "No Child Left Behind" bill had an elegant little solution built
into it, one that has seen essentially no publicity. Kids' school
records are made available to military channels, presumably so the mil
folks can better judge who is the most suitable to be the next crop of
cannon fodder. This strikes me as being a sickening cynical practice.
Evidently neo-conservatives are comfortable with cannibalism.
Parents can opt their kids out of the "program", but the whys and
wherefores are different from school district to school district.
More here:
<http://www.leavemychildalone.org/>
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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