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In article <6GSJd.1095$e11.339@twister.socal.rr.com>,
Jerry Okamura <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>I will make this real simple for you to understand.  I you are white, black, 
>brown,
>green, or whatever, if you want your children to have a good chance at 
>getting
>educated, put their education on the top of your list of priorities.  Spend 
>the time it
>takes to try and convince your children about the importance of an 
>education.  Give them
>all the help and ecouragement you can.

With this I agree.

		 Spend time with the school and 
>pester the heck out
>of the establishment, if you think they are not doing right for your 
>children.  Chances are, if you
>took those simple steps, your children will be educated.

With this, I do not.  Nothing useful can be accomplished
until the school officials, including teachers, can claim
that the child is "learning enough" or "is too young" or
"it will do good to go over it again".  Each of these should
be sufficiently expensive to pay for private schooling for
the time lost, plus a substantial penalty.

Even this is not enough, as few teachers understand the
basics of their subjects, but proceed by rote.  
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Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
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