Re: Haven't we had enough

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From: Jeffrey E. Salzberg
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article <3280AE7C.C42@agcs.com>
Ernie Englehart <englehae@agcs.com> wrote:

>>  >This is a native-born American citizen. She didn't know ANY of these. And
>>  >she has the same voting power as the rest of us. This scares me.
>>  >
>>         I'm not that surprised, really. Try asking someone to
>>         add 1/2 and 1/3. I mean people that made it out of
>>         junior high.
> 
> This points to the problems with our public schools.  They are producing
> millions of stupid people every year.  It scares me, too.

What makes you so sure she attended public school?

Even if she did, your the-government-is-responsible-for-everything-and-everyone attitude is mistaken, I think.

Those of us who believe in self-sufficiency and familty values would say that she should have been raised better by her 
parents and that she should have the self-initiative to insist on learning these things.

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From: JSalzberg@uh.edu (Jeffrey E. Salzberg)
Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough
Date: 1996/11/06
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