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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:44 PM
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40. Hey Bill, what's relevant...hmmm?
As entry level jobs get outsourced to any country who wants to work for pennies...what is relevant? Walmart greeter? Hamburger flipper?

Microsoft is building technology centers in India and I think China, while Bill's worried about trained workers in the US?

People aren't going to risk educating themselves in jobs that may no longer exist when they've graduated.
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  - Bill Gates  purduejake   Feb-27-05 06:36 AM   #1 
  - Yeah, from a guy who dropped out no less! Look it up. He's a flunkie.  HypnoToad   Feb-27-05 07:34 AM   #6 
  - But when will the reign of corporations be finished? Ever?  SimpleTrend   Feb-27-05 08:38 AM   #13 
  - that'll happen when we defeat corporate personhood. n/t  kgfnally   Feb-27-05 09:36 AM   #20 
  - and his daddy the lawyer helped him out a lot too writing the IBM  barb162   Feb-27-05 08:48 AM   #15 
  - Do HS properly prepare one to have a job  SimpleTrend   Feb-27-05 08:22 AM   #12 
     - Don't you think the curriculum has to be general? So many  barb162   Feb-27-05 09:07 AM   #17 
     - It is a point that can be debated.  SimpleTrend   Feb-27-05 09:34 AM   #19 
     - It should give them a basic knowledge of English and Math  shrike   Feb-27-05 11:30 AM   #35 
        - Interesting. Why aren't those that are good at math and English  SimpleTrend   Feb-27-05 11:56 AM   #36 
  - Of those two numbers, high schools are only responsible for the first  dsc   Feb-27-05 06:40 AM   #2 
  - Right!  flygal   Feb-27-05 07:12 AM   #3 
     - I agree with this to a point....when Jews came to this country in large  ikojo   Feb-27-05 09:23 AM   #18 
        - "American culture is EXTREMELY anti-intellectual."  Straight Shooter   Feb-27-05 09:36 AM   #21 
        - Yes, Bush sets a terrible example. He got everything because of  barb162   Feb-27-05 10:01 AM   #26 
           - Speaking of shrub,  proud2Blib   Feb-27-05 12:10 PM   #37 
              - NCLB does not apply to high schools?  Undercover Owl   Feb-27-05 01:34 PM   #39 
                 - It does  dsc   Feb-27-05 01:54 PM   #42 
                 - No they don't  proud2Blib   Feb-27-05 02:25 PM   #44 
                 - High Schools are NOT held accountable  proud2Blib   Feb-27-05 02:23 PM   #43 
        - I noticed this same thing with the Asian families in my area. On  barb162   Feb-27-05 09:59 AM   #25 
           - Back in the 80s, when we were swamped with Asian immigrants  proud2Blib   Feb-27-05 12:18 PM   #38 
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  - Finally  Tux   Feb-27-05 07:29 AM   #5 
  - I was from a low income single parent and extremely dysfunctional  ikojo   Feb-27-05 10:01 AM   #27 
     - Your Experience Sounds Like Mine  stepnw1f   Feb-27-05 11:05 AM   #33 
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  - no surprise there eh?  leftchick   Feb-27-05 07:50 AM   #9 
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  - Reform  TxGran   Feb-27-05 10:23 AM   #29 
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  - What I notice is how many kids are A and B students and they  barb162   Feb-27-05 09:03 AM   #16 
  - There are many kids who get As and Bs because they  ikojo   Feb-27-05 09:38 AM   #22 
     - Critical thinking ,sadly, is not being taught and neither are the  barb162   Feb-27-05 10:23 AM   #30 
  - This is being shown on C-SPAN I  ikojo   Feb-27-05 09:41 AM   #23 
  - Hey Bill, what's relevant...hmmm?  fortyfeetunder   Feb-27-05 01:44 PM   #40 
  - Rethinking the whole process.....  EndElectoral   Feb-27-05 09:54 AM   #24 
  - Shouldn't every high school graduate have a few years of history,  barb162   Feb-27-05 10:39 AM   #31 
     - Grade inflation...  EndElectoral   Feb-27-05 08:15 PM   #48 
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  - I love your weimie pic! n/t  janx   Feb-27-05 10:19 AM   #28 
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  - Texas is fighting NCLB  proud2Blib   Feb-27-05 02:32 PM   #45 
  - I guess I'd feel better if the last time this group got together,  mbperrin   Feb-27-05 01:53 PM   #41 
  - EXCELLENT point!!  GaYellowDawg   Feb-27-05 05:04 PM   #46 
  - Like this is a great mystery! It's called FUNDING  Rex   Feb-27-05 05:16 PM   #47 
 

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