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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:00 AM

Bad schools, dumb kids

Oprah delivers a dire warning about the state of our public schools.
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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 03:45 PM

    stop everything! anecdotal evidence of something!

    Don't get me wrong, I wholeheartedly believe there are serious things wrong with our public education system. Reforms are needed, bureaucracies need to be streamlined, **parents and communities need to be more involved**, yadda yadda yadda.

    But please -- are we supposed to draw some sort of conclusion based on video footage of a few morons who think Lincoln was the first president? Newsflash: morons walk amongst us, and have since the dawn of mankind.

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