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11. Actually, have you any proof that Bill Gates was behind the "revamp?" Or was behind the particular

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 03:44 PM

Jun 2014

method that your engineer friend eschewed?

Your first paragraph suggests that the child's teacher was doing her job--assigning different methods to see what her students would take to. Your friend didn't help his daughter when he refused to learn the process.

Better schools means precisely that---schools where the teachers are well-supported by the parents and teach on multiple levels.

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