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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: From the Mouths of Babes
My sister is an elementary school social worker in Connecticut, where there are such positions. This week she was working with two inner city fifth graders. One was bemoaning that her teacher had threatened to make her stay back if her work didn't improve. "She can't do that!" responded the other. "It's the law! President Bush made a law No Child Left Behind, isn't that right, Mrs, Holzman?" "Longer you think about it, the deeper it gets", says my sister.
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