Re: Is this OT?

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

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From: "Bernard Cleyet" <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>
> However, on the same day I read that portion of his book, the snail mail
brought my
> monthly copy of The Costco Connection. Each month therein is a debatable
> question. This month's is "Should public schools require students to
> wear uniforms?" Eighty per cent of the respondents said, "Yes." Talk
> about forced conforming.

If we want to know why the public schools can't make any headway on the
problems they face, we need only look to the above comment.  When something
is proposed that would have a measurable effect on improving the school
LEARNING climate, it is immediately opposed by some misguided 'civil
liberties' concern.  If the proposal gets a little father--then the lawyers
will jump in.  We should always keep in mind why the tax payers are footing
the bill for public education--I think it is to produce citizens with the
skills and knowledge to be contributors to the society.  As much as
possible, those factors that significantly detract from that goal should be
eliminated.

Rick

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