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Date Posted: 14:38:12 04/29/02 Mon
Author: Tf
Subject: LOL. Not to worry, dd! Bush's energy policy doesn't call for increases in vehicle fuel efficiency. Instead, he wants the DOE to study the study on fuel efficiency being conducted by the National Academy of Sciences:)
In reply to: ladyday 's message, "You think the Republicans are sending their kids to public school? hahahaha, I think not! And re: your energy ideas, better mileage cars, etc.....don't even try it, I know what you drive, LOL! Although how it runs with that stupid Bush/Cheney bumper sticker on the back I'll never know!" on 09:41:35 04/29/02 Mon

>I think her point about private school is that
>Republicans want to give poor children the opportunity
>to attend, too. Straying from conventional party
>lines, I am not sure that is a good idea. Once public
>money goes into private schools, the government will
>start interfering with the private school programs,
>and screw it all up. Also, that puts a bunch of
>project thugs in private school, the very reason many
>parents to their kids to private school-to get away
>from the thugs. I went to a school where about 60% of
>students were poor. Most of them were also thugs who
>were not interested in learning. It is a stereotype,
>but I think it is often true. Many poorer families do
>not encourage their children in their education,
>because they themselves do not value education. That
>is why many are poor in the first place. That is
>something that cannot be fixed by the government. It
>really is all up to the parents how a child succeeds
>in education. If a parent encourages them and also
>works to educate them, the child will be more
>successful. If a parent does not care how their child
>does academically, he child will not care. Private
>school or more moeny for education will not fix that.

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