CB>  CB> We Americans tend to expect very little of our 
CB>  CB> children. We expect them to
CB>  CB> be spoiled and cynical. We allow them to be 
CB>  CB> precocious in some ways and
CB>  CB> babies in others. Then we criticize them for being 
CB>  CB> shallow and selfish. The
CB>  CB> students from Quincy should make us think again. 
CB>  CB> They were not moved by
CB>  CB> Iqbal because he had the glamor of a rock singer 
CB>  
CB> The last section should hit every teacher and parent hard - we do not 
CB> expect as much from our youngsters as they are capable of doing. 
    Don't you see the bad side of this feel-good story?
    Parents don't send their kids to public schools and pay taxes to have 
their kids be a captive audience for political purposes like being 
guilt-tripped about Third World poverty.
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