Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 10:54:15AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> I wonder if, in some ways, the US isn't too big/diverse to be led
> by any one person, and distinctive personalities can only emerge
> on the state level.
I've wondered how Canada ended up like how America's founding fathers
wanted and the US came out more like what it seems like Canada's
founders were going for.
> No, none of these techniques are perfect, but, IMO, they are pro-
> ducing more ok-educated students than before, which is a baby-
> step in the right direction. For example, the 2002 "valedictorian"
> of a certain New Orleans school hasn't been allowed to graduate,
> because she can't read at the high school (much less 12th grade)
> level.
Ouch! The valedictorian at my graduation (which I was not invited to
or allowed to walk, because the guidance counselor really was out to
get me) gave me one of his tickets and gave me some of his speech
time. Guidance counselor got fired.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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