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Henry St.Pierre
 
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Swingman wrote:

Well done, Jack. It's good to know that there are still parts of the country
where yuppie puppies are allowed to be around spinning blades.

In most of the rural schools they always were allowed to be around
spinning blades (western Ma., most of Me. all of NH, Vt. except for
Burlington and none of CT.(except maybe far away from the 91-95
corridor)). It is doing a disservice to the youth of those areas to
refer to them as "yuppie puppies". The youth of today (or anyday) are a
product of their upbringing, environment etc. Hard to make a strong
person out of someone who must wash his/her hands with anti-bacterial
soap before he/she pees. Not the kids idea.
Shop programs in the schools have really declined, both male and female
oriented programs. I guess it's a money thing, but it bothers me when
school systems like Boston, NYC, Washington DC, Baltimore, many other
large cities, have more administrators than teachers. Off the rant...
Hank



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