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Old 07-06-2011, 15:45   #5
greenberetTFS
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Originally Posted by Pete View Post
It ain't about education - it's about job security.

Once you kick Johnny out with a diploma that says he's an A student few track him to see he failed out of college his first year and is now flipping burgers.

Now we're back on the treadmill of "they inflate the grades because of the national tests - but the national tests were required because they were inflating the grades".

Union job security is the main goal of public eduction - not education.
I recall at one of my sons high school graduation,when he told me some of the students couldn't even read what was on their diploma's...........

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