Did I hear a brief mention of what Dubbya was pushing for schools? His "testing" thing? What the kids are learning in Texas is how to take tests according to a group of Texas teachers.

The comment about rich towns getting the best schools, books etc, is true. Hell, the high school I went to was so sub standard, you could get a letter if you knew what the letter was!

We had ONE teacher that I considered above average, and he was an alcoholic! I do believe that I attended some of the poorest schools in the nation, a real handicap, but, I had one thing that helped to balance that, the desire to learn. I've met many people from good schools who stopped learning the day they graduated. They ended up clerking in grocery stores, driving delivery trucks and all sorts of dead end jobs. I dont think that throwing money at this problem will do a damn bit of good. Without motivation, all the money in Greenwich CT. wont help. I was motivated to learn, so, I may not be a genius, but, I can speak in whole sentences, and, I know where Mali is too!