CB>succeed at a much higher rate than ours do, I think that 
CB>there was a vast difference in attitude at home towards 
CB>education. So many of our parents see no value to education 
CB>that our students often reflect that. 
 CB> I work in a poor, rural area where unemployment still hovers at 
 CB> around 10% and we see the same factors coming into play.  There's 
 CB> only one way to break the cycle - set academic standards in schools 
 CB> that refuse to allow students to move on to a new level (grade 
 CB> level?) until they are successful at at the earlier level.  There's 
 CB> no excuse for seniors in high school to be reading 
 CB> at a 3rd grade level.
Here is where I disagree, (to some extent), with you.  I am of the opinion 
that the teaching process (method?) is defective to some extent as part of 
the problem.
 
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