Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

[icanseeformiles]

I have been giving the idea of a strike some more thought. I am convinced that with a carefully honed message faxed out the various Boston newspapers and radios, along with NPR, CBS, etc., you could get national news attention. It would be impossible for the administration to ignore you. Add in your parents, and you could control the Board of

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[imjustblond]

Ditto to everything Logan said! ....how many parents are reading this???

Another thing is we are JUST Georgetown....if they are going to do something about our education system then they are going to have to do something about EVERY other towns system....as you can guess that idea is far fetched.

[jennytenny]

Do you not understand this?

Thats the point. Public education all over Massachusetts and the US is not up to par. Bush is spending billions on the war but why isn't he able to put just as much emphasis on education?

You're right. This is a much bigger issue. But you need to start somewhere.

-Jen

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is

[icanseeformiles]

I think a key to getting this to work is to make it personal and unavoidable to the parents. That would be far tougher to do across town and economic borders. Look at your first reaction to me - you thought I was rich kid butting in where I didn't belong. Nick is still mad at me - probably rightfully so.

The ability to affect change in Lawrence is likely to be far greater if you set an example in Georgetown for the students and parents in other towns to follow.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe

[icanseeformiles]

Did you pay attention in a single history class over the past 12 years?

Sorry, I tried so hard. I guess I just don't have the personality that permits me to reef my sails.