On Tue, Apr 09, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > But I agree that many Americans are undereducated. As I said when > this thread first shifted, American schools have failed their > students. They became complacent, and many of them are packed with > bad teachers protected by powerful unions with political connections. > Things are changing, but improvement takes time. Grace's public school > is a good one, in part because it's subject to heavy competition from > excellent Catholic and private schools, but also because it's in a > good neighborhood where the residents will accept nothing less. Most > American children are not so fortunate.
Where "good neighborhood" means parents with some combination of money and time. You're right, most American children are not so fortunate. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
