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Actually, I think there IS too much homework, at too young an age, these days. A lot of the places scoring higher than us have much lighter homework loads.

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Yes....No

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We are on a fucking knife edge.

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Oh, I could <i>spell</i> it, but I mixed it up with fucking Andorra on the geography, and I am embarrassed.

I blame Obama.

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You know, I've yet to meet an American who can spell Colour correctly...

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My kids are going to the Trust Fund Madrassa anyway, so why should I pay taxes for your little darlings? Stop being such a taker! Next thing you'll tell me you expect the fire department to come when you call them.

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As usual, <i>The Onion</i> is prescient on <a href="http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/report-90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing,2747\/" target="_blank">this</a> .

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The Jack Welch solution...just fire the bottom 25 percent.

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Principal Poop agrees!

"Heavy on the thirty-weight, Mom!"

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I only drag this gem out because we will be dealing with fallout from NCLB and will be for years to come. Students arrive on campus prepared to do little besides take standardized tests - and nearly devoid of critical thinking skills.

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We need capital punishment <i>and</i> corporal punishment to show our reverence for LIFE!

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Between you and I, that might not be the case.

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<em>Let’s sexplore what who is more smarter than us. </em>

Y'know... it's all this sexploration that is the problem.

How can our child learning in school if they are always doing sex on the snapchat?

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American kids getting more dumb proves that not all demographic trends are against the Republicans.

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Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? George W. Bush

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<i>We’re number 1</i>

On a scale of 1 to 10.

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