>My thought was that no child left behind takes from the rich (read: >talented/gifted) and gives to the poor to give the appearance of equality >and therefore no reason for loss of self esteem. Exactly. "From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs." >That was the socialism I was thinking of. Unfortunately, as we proved in >my third grade class, those "isms" lead to the level field being at the >lowest common denominator because the rich/talented/gifted will work less >since they keep less of their gains/grades. Any "excess" goes to the laggards. Right - but look at the wonderful high self esteem of all those "needys". Ron N
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