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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
17. You don't have to persuade me.
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 07:11 PM
Feb 2013

As I've already said, I don't favor charters or any form of privatization. Not when it comes to education, health care, or anything else.

Habit # 1: Be born into affluent, ethnic majority, socially privileged family. n/t Tanuki Feb 2013 #1
+1,000,000. Connections determine "success" in life. n/t duffyduff Feb 2013 #9
+1. what a joke. strauss is usually better than this. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #15
It's a given that a population like that LWolf Feb 2013 #2
No, but one does have to be exposed to good habits to adopt them. iemitsu Feb 2013 #4
Of course it is. LWolf Feb 2013 #5
I agree that the 5 habits, identified in the article, are good habits and iemitsu Feb 2013 #12
You don't have to persuade me. LWolf Feb 2013 #17
Me either, you commie. iemitsu Feb 2013 #18
Probably the most offensive example of this elitist mentality is the Davidson School duffyduff Feb 2013 #6
Connections have everything to do with who gets ahead in this society. n2doc Feb 2013 #11
Very good points you make about segregating gifted students iemitsu Feb 2013 #13
I argue book success has little impact on whether the child makes a pile of money as an adult duffyduff Feb 2013 #10
I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. LWolf Feb 2013 #16
Excellent questions LWolf. iemitsu Feb 2013 #19
Interesting, all a district has to do is track kids if they want more successful students. iemitsu Feb 2013 #3
Study habits have nothing to do with "success," however that is defined duffyduff Feb 2013 #7
Study habits and the knowledge acquisition that comes along with those habits iemitsu Feb 2013 #14
"Great students" do NOT equal "success" in life duffyduff Feb 2013 #8
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