It was stated in "Letters, faxes, and e-mail", Monday, November 05, 2007,  "In a recent Johns Hopkins University study of high-school dropouts, 12 percent of the nation's schools graduated 60 percent or less of freshmen from 2004-2006."
 
   Equally disturbing studies indicate that most of those remaining students who graduate are not equipped with the knowledge necessary to procure gainful employment   --  except maybe as a teacher and member of the NEA  --
 
   Hmm  -- Could that be part of the problem?
 
 
Armond "Si" Simmons
Pell City, AL 35128
 
104 Wadsworth Lane
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