[66662] in Cypherpunks
Re: Public Schools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca)
Fri Sep 27 13:54:47 1996
From: jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 13:35:07 EST
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
ronsimpson@unidial.com wrote:
>I hate to burst any bubbles but, the school with the highest number
> of National Merit Finalists and highest number of 1600 SATs is a=20
> Public High School (Jefferson High in Fairfax, VA)
The same is true for Montreal (Royal Vale) using the equivalent scoring met=
hods.
But there are public schools at both extremes of the curve.
While it is true that Private Schools would not survive due to market force=
s if
they did consistently poorly, it is also true that they filter their incomi=
ng
student body in a manner that Public Schools can not.
If you want to refuse those who are too stupid or anti-social from Public
Schools in order to improve the social or intellectual climate, you better =
have
a solution for the resulting cast-offs.
James
