On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 07:18:44 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:

rw wrote:

The cost of one day of the war in Iraq could pay for one year of health
insurance for 400,000 uninsured children.


stunning, isn't it. wonder what we could do in the education field with
those funds? my state has a ridiculously hig drop out rate in high
school. have you seen the latest cuts proposed in congress to help with
the impossible budget crisis created by shrub and his minions?
appalling...

Hmmm...from the NC Department of Public Instruction:

During Clinton's last term:

"The dropout rate for students in grades seven through 12 was 4.6
percent in 1998-99. A total of 25,578 students dropped out last year in
these grades. In the previous reporting year, the rate was 3.61 percent
representing 19,541 students dropping out in 1997-98."

And the latest under Bush:

"North Carolina’s annual high school dropout rate was released for the
2003-04 school year, showing that 3.29 percent of students in grades
7-12 "

i think i can see the writing on the wall..."abandon all hope ye who
enter here".

Would that be on the wall of UNC or NC State? Oh, OK, for the
terminally-serious, G

Seriously, I'm sure you know those numbers are, um, "generous," but how
is spending more money going to help? It isn't going to be a matter of
throwing more money into a bottomless pit, it's going to be a matter of
spending whatever money in more meaningful way. And the biggest part
of the problem isn't educating the kids, it's educating the parents.

TC,
R