KERRY CLAIMS: 53% OF CHILDREN DO NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL

Drudge Report ^ | February 1, 2006 | Matt Drudge

[aligncare]

Free market solutions? Are you mad?

[zeaal]

Like Kennedy, Kerry is a mouth-piece for his left-wing, liberal, Bush-hating staff. He spews what his staff tells him to say. Neither Kerry or Kennedy do any of their own research --- they completely depend on their staffs to 'feed' them the lines.

[johnny7]

He meant illegals.

[DeaconRed]

He also said he "earned" 3 purple Hearts.
The man wouldn't know the truth if it hit him in the A$$
If Skerry didn't exist, Karl would have to invent him.
He is Priceless.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Kerry is still alive ??

[stephenjohnbanker]

"Sometimes...."

Sometimes ???? : )

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The 47% who don't graduate work in the ketchup mines of western Pennsylvania under the rule of the white raisin queen.

LOLOLOLOL

[zeaal]

"Still, isn't it interesting that proponents of the public schools use their failure as a justification to ask for more money, more control over children's time and new programs like mandatory pre-school."

Exactly! Kerry & Clan are screaming opponents of school choice. What irony!!!!

[RedEyeJack]

I had trouble trying to focus on what Kaine was saying because of the strange expressions he kept forcing up. Most of them were "dancing eyebrow" expressions... Your gif really caught it right.

[toddlintown]

I was flipping channels when I saw Lurch. Katie was giving him the "fair-and-balanced" approach (no glasses though) and Kerry's tongue was flicking like a serpent's.

[SuziQ]

What a maroon. After school programs won't help the high school drop out rate. They are baby sitting services with maybe a little time for the kids to get their homework done. Even if there WERE tutors available for the kids, the ones who would take advantage of them are the ones who parents ALREADY are committed to their childrens' educations.

The kids who drop out are either from families who think an education is not a big deal, or who are dead bored with sitting in a classroom day to day and not seeing how it connects with what they might want to do when they finish school. The former won't educate themselves, no matter how much money we throw at the problem because it is not in their worldview. The latter may benefit from vocational education programs that will teach them real-world skills with a bit of liberal arts thrown in their in order for them to get somewhat well rounded, but not with the same expecations of the kids who are preparing for college.

These kids need instruction in skills and trades that will earn them a decent wage, like construction, electrician work, plumbing, and HVAC work. The kids who are interested in this type of education are not interested in diagramming sentences, delving into a literary analysis of James Joyce, or learning the political ins and outs of Modern Europe. Save that for the kids who want to go to college. Give the other kids a break and teach them what they want and NEED do know to earn a decent living.

[ClaireSolt]

Touche! When I taught college in the 80's, 80% of entering freshmen could not pass entrance exams and had to do a couple of years of remediation before they could read, write a paragraph, or compute well enough to begin college work. As we all know, there are a lot of HS grads who cannot make change.

[mc5cents]

Mark Twain lies damn lies and statistics bump.

[COBOL2Java]

... probably on her knees too.

No, Couric reserves that position for her interviews with Hillary.

[SuziQ]

Skerry forgot to mention that 100% graduate from home schooling!

He probably doesn't consider them properly 'educated'.

[wtc911]

In NYC 52% of HS Freshmen will not graduate in four years. That is a fact, and maybe the source of his confusion. Bear in mind that NYC Public Schools are run by a small 'c' communist union.

[stocksthatgoup]

John Kerry - Out of Touch!

[RGSpincich]

It may be true that only 53% are children who graduated from high school. The other 47% were adults, over 18. Ain't numbers wonderful?