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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Knowledge Gap
Message-ID: <1935@pdn.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 87 14:39:39 GMT
References: <8712171619.AA06474@bu-cs.bu.edu>
Organization: Paradyne Corporation,   Largo FL
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In article <8712171619.AA06474@bu-cs.bu.edu>, TCORAM@UDCVAX.BITNET (maroC ddoT) writes:

> Don't mistake bad parents (ones who don't encourage thier children to do
> well) for low income (poorly educated) parents who cannot educate thier
> children themselves nor afford private schools.

    I stand corrected.  My statements were a bad generalization.

    I should know better coming from a blue colar neighborhood myself.

> Trust me.  It doesn't always work.  I went to a private school (Catholic school)
                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
      And so did I, but then again so did 90% of the other kids in my
neighborhood!

> and I still found that I was influenced by the locals.  It was like two
> different worlds.  I went home everyday from school to a place where I was
> looked down upon because I went to a private school. This did not help
> encourage me to pursue learning.  School is only 6 hours out of a day...


       I think your statements tend to further point out that the technology
alone will not FIX our educational problems.  It is not a simple problem.
There are many aspects that influence who becomes better educated and who
drops out of the system.


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George W. Leach					Paradyne Corporation
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Phone: (813) 530-2376				P.O. Box 2826
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