My father taught me how to drive and my mother taught me how to swim! I'm not quite sure why the schools are teaching those subjects either. But I do understand that times have changed. Going back to the original question, in times of decreasing budgets, enrollments and an explosion of the numbers of people who can't pass the basic tests, where do we want to put our priorities? Ray Marshall Minnehaha
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:42:06 -0500 From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Arts in the Mpls schools I'm sorry, Mark, but if its necessity in society is obvious to you and you still wonder why it should be taught then I can only imagine that you will next be suggesting that we drop driver's education and just let everyone learn by doing. By the way, did your father teach you to swim by throwing you in the deep end of the pool and letting you figure it our for yourself? Or did you take lessons? REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
