I think Bill is talking of the public school system prior to about
1965-70. Your son was born too late for that. By 1995 he was already
being educated by the kids born and educated after the start of the demise.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/26/2010 12:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> You must be joking, Bill. Many things made America great, but the
> public school system is not one of them, unless you are fortunate
> enough to live in a place with good schools. My son was born in Tampa
> in 1989. The public schools there were so terrible that anyone who
> cared about their children's well being found a way to avoid them;
> the rich sent their kids to private schools, the others converted to
> Catholicism etc. so that they could send their offspring to good
> Catholic schools. We moved to New Jersey in 1990, and luckily enough
> we lived near Princeton. The good thing about college towns is that
> college professors are not paid enough to send their children to
> expensive private schools (we had one of those in our town) but since
> they care about education they get involved in the local school board
> etc., so the public schools in such places tend to be decent too. But
> those are the exceptions. The US has the world's best universities,
> but below that level it is the pits, wit h some rays of sunshine in
> places like Lawrenceville, NJ.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
> On Dec 26, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
>> The thing that once made America great, is our system of universal
>> public education. The fall of that system is going to lead to our
>> downfall.
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>
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