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Old 08-07-2006, 08:29 PM   #119 (permalink)
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..........In today's data-happy era of accountability, testing and No Child Left Behind, here is the most astonishing statistic in the whole field of education: an increasing number of researchers are saying that nearly one out of three public high school students won't graduate, not just in Shelbyville but around the nation........

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Almost 1/3 high school students nation wide will not graduate high school. Something is wrong. Something needs fixing real bad.
Its not necessarily an issue with the education system, its a problem integrated deep into our society. Its a thing-based society, where children are distracted by mindless fluff. Its conflicting interests. We tell our children its a good thing to pay attention in school and do your work, yet they turn around and re-enter a society where it is indoctrinated in them that the latest CD is more important than learning about the Holocaust.
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