In response to a message to Charles on ...
DT>Agreed....but I do hate that saying...all children can learn....it 
DT>suggest that if kids don't know something it's the school's fault.  It's 
DT>so easy to blame the school for every failure.  Forget the breakdown in 
DT>society and the unfair advantage the wealthier schools have over poorer 
DT>districts...it's not society fault...it's the school's!
I agree that this is not all the fault of the schools, but where we 
fall down is in promoting and graduating children with sub-standard 
skills.  We must either provide alternatives for these kids or tutor 
them and bring them up to an appropriate level.
DT>You can't bring a child up to speed when they are unable.  Surely you 
DT>understand this.  The powers at be can "new-think" all they want.  It 
DT>changes nothing.  
Ah, but I'm not sure that's so.  Have we ever really tried?  Does 
your school really link promotion to achievement, or is it an age 
thing?  We don't make the link - just tossed a kid out of our middle 
school who's 16 and wanted to drive to school.
DT>This is currently our motto....at least for now....we have the t-shirts 
DT>too!  Did you buy one?  I passed on it.  I have too many t-shirts as it 
DT>is.  The one I like best says: "Plays well with others"
No t-shirts for me - I'm a little too overweight to look good in one .
Chuck Beams
cbeams@dreamscape.com
http://www.dreamscape.com/cbeams
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