On May 26, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
> At 11:47 AM 5/26/2010, dredmond at efn.org wrote:
>
>> For US residents on this list who don't have kids in school, or
>> haven't interacted with the public schools lately -- visit one in
>> your
>> neighborhood. You will be shocked and appalled at how a society which
>> pisses away trillions on failed colonial wars and failed bankster
>> swindlers can be so unbelievably mean-spirited to its children.
>
> It's not *all* bad.
No it's not. We've been pleasantly surprised, in searching for schools for Ivan, that the NYC system contains some real gems. Some of the schools suck, but some do anything but suck, and there are lots of really dedicated teachers even at the mediocre ones.
Doug