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Willful blindness?(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
Regarding Jodie Gilmore's article "No Child Left Unbrainwashed" (April 19 issue), some people don't get the picture and others don't want to get the picture.
After reading the article, I passed it on to my wife, who in turn began talking about it with a teacher in the government schools. The teacher commented that the new regulations have the eighth graders now taking a "do or die" test. (This is one of the goals of Goals 2000.) In the midst of the conversation, it became apparent that this teacher, whom we respect ...
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