Re: Miami Herald publishes Victor's letter

[Victor Steinbok <victor.steinbok@verizon.net>]

It's interesting how they edited the first paragraph. I guess, they did not 
like the Casablanca line. Maybe I should have quoted Citizen Cane or Doctor 
Strangelove. Naah!.. too Lefty!..

        VS-)

At 05:42 PM 3/9/2004, Gloria Pipkin wrote:
> Sunday, March 7, 2004
> Miami Herald Letters to the Editor
>
> VICTOR STEINBOK,
>
> Re the Feb. 29 story School provides FCAT loophole: The test's loophole
> is there by design -- what shocks FCAT proponents is that the people
> taking advantage of it are not from the suburbs or wealthy. The FCAT
> requirement only applies to public-school students and ignores their
> academic records.
>
> Private-school students, irrespective of whether they are on a path to
> Harvard or barely scrape together enough credits to graduate, are
> exempt. It is disingenuous for state officials such as Education
> Secretary Jim Horne to whine about loopholes. They created them. Would
> they question the diploma's legitimacy had the students who availed
> themselves of an opportunity to graduate come from a different ZIP code?
>
> What's next? Complaints that too many poor students are asking for
> vouchers?
>
> education researcher, Brookline, Mass.
>
> http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/editorial/letters/8116698.htm
>
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