Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/25/2007 | Spelling ace wants a turn; the school's answer is N-O
Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/25/2007 | Spelling ace wants a turn; the school's answer is N-O
Equal opportunity my ass.
The system was created to create an educational forum for Americas children. Some kids have special needs, some have special skills, and even some need little or no interaction with the public schools at all. This last group, though interesting and worthy of discussion, should not be excluded from the public school run system that happens to be the only corridor one can take in some states to get into the national BEE.
The public halls of education should never close their doors to ANYONE!!!
Lest this republic die a slow agonizing death at the hands of a jealous bureaucracy.
It is not just a republic because we pledge allegiance to it in the pledge thereof. The word means something. It means the system of government derives its just powers from the people.
It can not assume a power (rightly anyway) that we as individuals do not have. As such it should not assume a prejudice for we the people.
So this girl is home schooled and wants to partake in the spelling bee? Let her partake.
I'd love to hear a good reason she should be excluded from this publicly funded event.
Equal opportunity my ass.
The system was created to create an educational forum for Americas children. Some kids have special needs, some have special skills, and even some need little or no interaction with the public schools at all. This last group, though interesting and worthy of discussion, should not be excluded from the public school run system that happens to be the only corridor one can take in some states to get into the national BEE.
The public halls of education should never close their doors to ANYONE!!!
Lest this republic die a slow agonizing death at the hands of a jealous bureaucracy.
It is not just a republic because we pledge allegiance to it in the pledge thereof. The word means something. It means the system of government derives its just powers from the people.
It can not assume a power (rightly anyway) that we as individuals do not have. As such it should not assume a prejudice for we the people.
So this girl is home schooled and wants to partake in the spelling bee? Let her partake.
I'd love to hear a good reason she should be excluded from this publicly funded event.
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