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On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:33:28 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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Norminn wrote:
e made me a permanent
Independent. Reagan was
just about as phony, but nobody caught on. The real proof that our
educational system is in the sewer.

Without commenting on the rest of it, the educational system is and
always has been a local function. The feds, even to this day, have a
relatively small dog in this hunt.


I'm always amused at people who make these broad statements about how our
educational system is in a shambles (see gfretwell's comments, for
instance.
I wonder how many of these proclamations come from people who've never
bothered to raise hell in order to get things improved overnight in their
own school systems. I have. It's easy. Our school system is just fine.


Right now our local school board is spending right at $20,000 per
student and the results can be called mediocre at best based on just
about any measure you can think of (college admissions, test scores,
graduation rate etc)



I'll bet you've never walked into school without an appointment and
***TOLD*** the principal you intend to sit in a few classes. Remember that
you are THE CUSTOMER, and the school personnel are YOUR EMPLOYEES. Don't
ever forget that.