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TexasBushwhacker

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3. I appreciate what the Gates Foundation has done in 3rd world countries BUT

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 03:24 PM

Sep 2012

Bill Gates has his head up his ass when it comes to public education. They guy never went to public schools, EVER. He went to expensive prep schools as a child and then dropped out of Harvard. The "experiments" he funds in education often can't be transferred to wide use in public schools. He's just another person who thinks that our best and brightest should be put in charter schools because they're the only ones that deserve things like computers in classrooms and small class sizes.

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Doesn't seem wise to admit that. FBaggins Sep 2012 #1

well, that's an interesting thought. but you'll notice the media isn't entertaining it, because HiPointDem Sep 2012 #2

I appreciate what the Gates Foundation has done in 3rd world countries BUT TexasBushwhacker Sep 2012 #3