Re: sharing wealth

[Marci Schreiber <eschreim@gritman.org>]

On Wed, 5 May 1999, Robert Probasco wrote:
> Until the public schools halt social promotion and instill real
> discipline and solid requirements (especially in the elementary grades), I
> choose not to throw good money after bad.

Your response intrigued me.  What do you mean by "social promotion"? What
do you see teachers doing?  Likewise, what do "real discipline and solid
requirements look like?  Simply, what behaviors do you feel teachers
should stop using and what behaviors should they start using?  (OK, maybe
it's not THAT simple.)  I'm asking as a naive parent of a soon to be
school aged child.  Marci Schreiber