[kj] Congrats Obama - education

[The Exorcist]

You have valid points and I'll go into more 
detail later (I got basketball in 30 minutes).

Let me tell you a bit about me.

My sisters and I grew up with the support of one 
parent. My Mother, who went back to college at the age of 43 to gain
a batter job after her divorce. We had no child 
support, were on welfare and frankly, not all that well to do. (Paid back
every cent of welfare we received as well). We 
live according to our means and managed to get by. Both my sisters
worked hard, went to college had jobs and worked 
their way through. We were definitely in the low income bracket and
at one point had food delivered from charities. 
But you know what... we worked hard and persevered.

Best Wishes,
Me

At 08:10 PM 6/4/2008, folk devil wrote:

>Mr Me. As someone who works within US academia, 

>an observation of mine would be that an 

>American's education is greatly dependent on how 

>affluent their family is, but yes, as you said, 

>it is a capitalist society. This  'condition' is 

>not limited to just the states, however. 

>Scholarships are NOT that abundant, 

>either.  Many lower income children enter the 

>army after school, just to gain 'skills'. So you 

>have immensely educated people, as well as 

>incredibly 'under-educated' people, with a huge gap inbetween.

>

>

>

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>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:45:51 -0400

>From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] Congrats Obama

>

>The US does a damned fine job for it's people. 

>Regarding public education, the amount of money spent is

>crazy. It's just sad that the money given to the 

>educators is wasted on shit like "taking kids to the grocery

>to learn how to shop and interact with shopkeeps 

>and shop workers". When the US has tough tests you

>have the liberal loons crying and bitching that 

>"the tests are to hard for the kids, we need to make it easier".

>The poorly educated Americans are not due to a 

>lack of effort. It's due to misguided individuals who fuck

>everything up. (Oh yes, and also editing or 

>removing Mark twain books because some things are "offensive")

>Making college tests easier and allowing ppl. 

>with lower scores access just for the sake of it... is pathetic.

>

>

>

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