I heartily agree with Jan. I have an inlaw relative who graduated from a Los Angeles high school and cannot read or write with any fluency. This is a man in his 40's. Why did they let him through without corrective action? I never cease to be amazed!.....E T..... ----- Original Message ----- From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 2:00 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [BSChat] Fw: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! > > > If the CA schools are at the top, then we're in trouble! I'm amazed at what > my kids graduated from high school NOT knowing. I learned a lot more when I > was in school. I think the tests have been dumbed-down a LOT. > > Jan G. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Doris" <ginlu@charter.net> > Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fw: [BSChat] Fw: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! > Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 08:16:19 -0400 > > Actually, the public schools are the only thing that ever got children OR > adults out of the sweatshop factory jobs. > I'm not a proponent of public schools--I went to private schools all my > life---but due to the lack of private schools in our areas, my 5 children > went to public schools. I stayed right on top of every situation and I was > generally pleased with the outcome---of course, they did know I wouldn't > turn loose when I had a complaint. <g> > The public school systems in CA & TX are still considered at the top of the > list of good school systems (academically) in the US...and I believe we > should only expect them to teach academics---I taught mine morals and gave > them other directions suitable for existing in civilization....I do think > the schools need to stick to that! > > Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... > Still shaking the family tree and > dodging the nuts after 30+ years! > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue & Bobby Bates" <bsbates@netease.net> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 10:30 PM > Subject: [BSChat] Fw: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> > To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 4:31 PM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! > > > > Norma, as I understand it, public school systems were founded, and > funded, by industry barons who wanted a more educated peon to work in > their factories. The whole program was geared to prepare the child to > go to work in a factory, take orders, do the thing the establishment > wanted. > > > > I have seen very little since then to make me think things have > changed much. Yes, they want little clones who will fall right in > with the party line. Schools do not encourage original thinking, and > that is sad, because as far as I am concerned that is what schools > should do. > > > > Jack Childers in OKC > > > > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > > ~~~~ > > > > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are > copyrighted by each individual submitter. > > > > The Following topics are inappropriate on Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com: > > Political discussion/ views > > Religious and inspirational postings, > > Politically "Hot" Topics > > Advertising and chain letters > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed > are almost anything.restrictions are: > Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any > of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >