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Thanks for your concern bomber, but you don't have to worry about me .. I can take my punches!

Regardless, our education system is in trouble and has been for some time! Not sure anyone on this board could convince me otherwise.

HSS: You missed my point completely or perhaps I simply did a lousy job of illustrating it. What comes first? The education or the job?

CID: Fair enough. But I have a hang up regarding a certain school that pretends to be one of the best in the state and part of that is actually a result of finding a way of getting rid of the 'poor performing student'. Hence their roughly 50% grad rate.

Punch away.



I'll agree that our education system is in need of repair, but at the same time it is also a social issue. The last thing this board needs is a political discussion on how to better serve those students who fall through the cracks.

I will say this, I felt your original post was very derogatory toward employees in the fast food industry. And there are a lot of them. It is sad when some kids drop out of school. Heck, my children have seen kids who were in their classes show up on the evening news. I don't believe in making fun of them, I just feel a sense of sadness.

I got your point, we all did. Your illustration was lousy, but only because it showed your true colors. You may not have liked it that I called you out on your callous and condescending tone, or you may have been embarrassed. (I would hope the latter, it would show that somewhere inside of you is empathy.) But it was pretty rude to put down a whole group of people for where they work. Especially coming off an election where class warfare was front and center in the national debates. I agree that education is more important - for us. But for some families, who don't have the income you or I or others on this board have, that fast food job that some 16 year old drop-out is working at may be the ONLY thing keeping a roof over his family's head. That is sad when you think about it, and should not be made fun of.

BTW, how many of you have had a player on your team that had to quit HS soccer because he had to go out and get a job at a fast food place to help support his family? His parents were still married, still at home, but his father got laid off during the recession, and the family needed every penny they could get, so the teens went out and got jobs and gave up their sports.

Do you REALLY want to keep waving at those kids with that smug grin on your face?