Re: OT: John Kerry....still clueless after all these years

• From: miso@xxxxxxxxx
• Date: 1 Feb 2006 12:56:43 -0800

If you get a GED, you technically didn't graduate from high school.

The real question is what would a graduate of the Bush science program
get to teach? Creationism? Intelligent design? Global warming is false?

Seldom is the question asked: Is our children learning?

MnMikew wrote:
> KERRY CLAIMS: 53% OF CHILDREN DO NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
> Wed Feb 01 2006 10:43:40 ET
>
> Sen. John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that 53% of America's
> children do not graduate from high school -- a claim that raised eyebrows in
> the NBC control room, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
>
> Kerry made the comments after host Katie Couric asked the former
> presidential candidate about Bush's State of the Union call to train 70,000
> additional teachers in math and science.
>
> COURIC: He wanted to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science.
>
> KERRY: That's terrific. But 53 percent of our children don't graduate from
> high school. Kids don't have after-school programs... He didn't ask America
> to sacrifice anything to achieve great goals and the biggest example is
> making the tax cut permanent for the wealthiest people in America. The
> average American struggles to find time to take carry of families, working
> two or three jobs... It's a disgrace. He did not tell the real state of the
> union.
>
> Kerry's 53% claim conflicts with a recent press release from the U.S. Census
> Bureau: "High School Graduation Rates Reach All-Time High"
>
> And the Census Bureau's own website states: 85.9 Percent Of Americans Aged
> 20-24 Are High School Graduates. (U.S. Census Bureau Website, www.census.gov
> , Accessed 2/1/06)

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