Re: Magnet schools

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From: Ken Arromdee
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:08

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In article <86362@ut-emx.uucp> andy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Andrew Hackard) writes:
>Don't make school mandatory.
>That sounds pretty radical, I know, but think about it.  A kid who
>doesn't want to be at the school in the first place isn't getting
>anything out of being there, and there's a strong chance he's actually
>disrupting the learning of the students who DO want to be there.

How do you do this without also making easier the situation where the kid
_does_ want to be at school, but the parents don't (say, so the kid can get a
job and get money for the family)?
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Leftover Turkey!
On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Turkey Casserole
    that she made from Leftover Turkey.
[days 3-4 deleted] ...  Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
   -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)

Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)

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