Replying to a message of Gene McAloon to John Beamish:

 GM> From: Gene McAloon 

 GM> On Mon, 19 May 2003 10:26:50 -0400, "John Beamish"
 GM>  wrote:

 >> Or, perhaps, people use it because the US education system has found
 >> wanting.

 GM> Been found wanting by whom?

Me, among others.

 GM> The only serious fault with the US public education system is that we
 GM> don't do anywhere near as well in educating our poor as we should be
 GM> doing. However, public elementary and secondary education in our more
 GM> affluent areas does a very good job indeed.

Debatable.  HS graduates in this area are generally chowderheads, I have
one of them living across the street.  Still living at home with mommy (and
his girlfriend) at 22, no job.  Colleges and universities have to have
remedial classes for their incoming freshmen (freshpersons?) that managed
to avoid learning anything in high school.  Employers claim that new hires
can't do elementary math, can't make change, etc.

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