Now I know I'm going to catch a wrath of crap fir what I'm about to say but, hey, have I even been shy 'bout saying stuff that is gonna get me a butt whup here in Mudville but...

... I'm just a littyle sick of I.Q. crap anyway... What we have is a major social/educational problem that ain't got one thing to do with intellegence... Yeah, some kids don't do well in school but if their car won't start they can fix it and others do well in school but don't know how to put air in a tire...

Like I said, this gonna get me a butt whup... Screw it, I've had a few and gievna few... Big whup (hopefully not too big, mid you, if it's my butt...)

Yeah, makes me think of that old story about how the professor was on his way to teach his upper level philosphy class when one of his wheels fell off the car and the lug nuts were missing. SWell, seems that this happened right in front of the state mental hospital and there was a patient looking thru the chain-link fence... The learned good professor was just scratchin' his head when the mental patient said, "Hey, Mister, if you take one lug nut from each of the other wheels you'll be able to bolt the wheel back on to get you back to town."

"Well", said the learned professor, "thank you, That is so smart that I just have to ask why you're in there..." to which the mental patient said...

..."I may be crazy but I ain't dumb..."

Well, this has something to do with this conversation... With failing socail/educational in the US, there's alot of folks that just ain't that "dumb"...

Bobert