[kj] Sex Pistols singer faces elitist spiel

[Karen Weil]

Oops, that sentence should have read, "severly doubt"

kw
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>I severely someone as sharp as you was ever a "social retard," Brendan! But 

>thanks for sharing. '

> Libraries are the best -- now and forever, btw.

>

> Cheers,

>

> k.w.

> the States

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> From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

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> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:31 PM

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>> Testify, I totally agree. Teachers are woefully underpaid and overworked.

>> Kids need to be made to take the consequences of their actions. And a 

>> good

>> early start in English comprehension, my parents reading to me and

>> teaching me to read every night, is what enabled me to literally sail

>> through school. I breezed through. I suppose hanging out in the library

>> cos I was a social retard helped too, but still makes my point...your

>> primary language is the tool you use to comprehend, think, and

>> communicate, it's vital to get it down.

>>

>>>

>>> Put money into education, not war.

>>> Elevate the standard of education given AND train and pay teachers

>>> properly..

>>> Make the parents more responsible in their child's education, i.e. have

>>> them encourage their kids to apply themselves, that is not only the

>>> school's job.

>>> Many US kids come out of high school, not having even been taught 

>>> English

>>> comprehension. Meaning they ain't gonna pick up on the most basic of

>>> nuggets. The more a kid hears that their exams are being made more easy,

>>> the less they are going to try to achieve anything, they don't think 

>>> they

>>> have to.

>>> Beware of government schemes, they just get you off the unemployment 

>>> list,

>>> and often just leave you in debt to them.

>>> Sometimes having an 'education' can work against you - 'you are over

>>> qualified'. When I first came to the states I would take my degrees off 

>>> my

>>> CV.

>>>

>>> Dumbing down is deliberate. The masses got too bright. Now you buy an

>>> education, to keep it out of reach.

>>>

>>> We have evolved to not use our legs, arms, eyes and now brains.

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