Aahz, You're absolutely right. A 'good neighborhood' has a combination of money and time. Big, expensive homes with both spouses working full time is not good. These people have money, but no time to give to their schools. Without local support and interest, the schools just limp along. This bothers me. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
