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Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

> I'm not saying that everything is the fault of the kids--I'm saying
> that everything
> is the fault of everyone:
>
> parents, for not emphasizing the importance of education
> schools, for teaching poorly and spending money foolishly
> kids, for taking the easy way out
> the media, for denigrating intelligence and education and glorifying
> mediocrity
> government, for wasting its money and resources
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Our school systems seem to play up mediocrity sometimes. They cater to
the lowest common denominator. Which is why illiteracy is rampant in
high school graduates.

And it's so wrong.
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"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." --Mark Twain