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Name: Ben & Toy
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut, US

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Where will we be in the Next 10 years?

In America, there are two things on the rise Crime and Drop outs. Weare becoming the super power of idoits.As Star has mentioned on a previous show we are steadily lossing ournumber one ranking in the world of Education. Pretty soon we willnto be able to compete with Japan , China, Iran, or other Third Worldnations. This is what we have come to. An Inpass in which we needto choose, do we re-educate ourselves or do we drop off the map as anon-existent Country?"It's lunchtime at Shelbyville High School, 30 miles southeast ofIndianapolis, Ind., and more than 100 teenagers are buzzing overtrays in the cafeteria. Like high schoolers everywhere, they havearranged themselves by type: jocks, preps, cheerleaders, dorks, punksand gamers, all with tables of their own. But when they are finishedchugging the milk and throwing Tater Tots at one another, they willdrift out to their classes and slouch together through lessons onEdgar Allan Poe and Pythagoras. It's the promise of American publiceducation: no matter who you are or where you come from, you will betugged... " Source Time MagazineThis is what we are facing as a nation and we are more worried aboutIllegal Aliens coming into our counrty and doing the jobs that wedon't want to do? It's ashamed to think that in this world when wehave freedoms that we all take for granted we would fight aboutsomething that does not effect, but affects us.We as Americans, should want to be able to compete with the bestminds in the world and prove time and time again that we aresuperior, but how can this be accomplished when we lack the educationand resources to do so.So as my subject states: Where will we be in the next 10 years?So many questions? Where are the answers? Where are the people?

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