Yikes, look at this free-fall. And I thought people were dumb when *I* was in school!
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Of course, the answer is always “spend more money”. It hasn’t done a damned thing. I tend to possess some rather unconventional views about education, but let’s not go there.
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I’d lay the blame for this entire situation at the feet of this………….thing.
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