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Telperion the Silver
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Oh dear...

http://www.detnews.com/2005/editorial/0505/01/A13-167353.htm

We just had new stats come out from a big survey just finished. And it looks like it's not really the school system that is failing... it's actually a culture of anti-education that has been the problem! Looks like only 27% of Michigan parents think education is important for their kids! [Frown] [Wall Bash]

And we're supposed to have some of the best schools in the world...and yet the majority of Michigan citizens don't think they need them. How embarrassing.

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Telperion the Silver
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This reminds me of another survey that reported a majority of American high school students thought the Government should control all the media. [Frown]
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Bob_Scopatz
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Well...we figured out that educating the proles was a big mistake, in retrospect. It's a lot easier if the great unwashed masses stay down where they belong and don't expect too much. This culture of people wanting everything that everyone else has...sounds Communist to me. Bad in the long run. Trust us.

Oh...here, have a voucher. It's good for you.

Ooh look! Is Britney Spears having twins?

<tents fingers>
Excellent!

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HesterGray
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I thought this was going to be a "Go Ohio State!" thread. [Wink] (Even though it's not football season.)
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Lyrhawn
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Great, how am I going to get a job teaching in a state that doesn't appreciate school at all?

I'd like to see a breakdown of the geographic locations of where parents think education isn't needed. I'm betting the majority of these places are either in/around manufacturing districts, or are inner city schools with bad programs.

I think fixing the confidence level of the state could partially be solved by having better schools. I wouldn't tell my kid (if i had one) that school was important either, if the school was so bad it was worthless. There'd be no point, at least from the point of view of some of these inner city families.

It's going to be hard though to convince Michiganders that the manufacturing jobs aren't coming back. The Motor City expects manufacturing jobs, and telling them they need to plan to be high tech workers, enginners, accountants, whatever, is going to be a blow to them. Especially since so many inner city kids used to expect they would work in a factory after leaving high school.

We never should have let that system develop in the first place. What are all these kids going to do if we don't fix it?

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Telperion the Silver
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Exactly Bob...

Bring on the Superbowl!

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