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Old Mon Feb 12, 2007, 10:43am
Jimgolf Jimgolf is offline
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Originally Posted by Junker
As an educator, I think its horrible that the students are out of school that much. Are they there for an education or to play hoops.
What is the purpose of education? To learn how to take tests?

For some of these kids a television appearance may be the highlight of their lives.

Is another paper on some Jane Austen book or a trigonometry test really more important to their education than this?
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