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<DIV><SPAN class=687465314-20102003><FONT face=Arial size=2> 2 "cents"
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<DIV><SPAN class=687465314-20102003><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. When the
issue of success or failure of public education is discussed, I usually wonder
and guess that public education never had the purpose of making most students
"literate". Lets say 80 or 90 or more percent of public school students
graduated from high school fully prepared for college. Where would they go
to college ? Many could not afford it or would be turned down because of not
enough seats in all the colleges put together for all the students in the
country. Then there would be masses of academically smart and frustrated
young adults, very good candidates for radicalization.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=687465314-20102003><FONT face=Arial size=2>The purpose of
public education has always been to prepare most people to do jobs for
which not much literacy is needed. The American officials of education have
had to design schools to produce poor or failed literacy in most, otherwise
the above dilemma would arise.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=687465314-20102003><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. One can
imagine the explosion of television and movie and video and even recorded music
now takes up much of the time when many people used to read. If this
thread turns up data evidence of diminshed literacy, this might be part of the
explanation.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=687465314-20102003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Charles</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>