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Deja Q

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Sat Oct-22-05 01:13 PM
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It's been said that, since 1971, maths and English skills scores have been

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steadily dropping.

Has anybody bothered to look more than the grade point averages and look at the ambient causes?! Such as drugs, sex, apathy, disrespecting the teachers, portable video games, portable music players, cell phones, pagers, et cetera?

Not to be biased, there are plenty of other factors which include the quality of materials, political beliefs of the teachers, budgets, and others...

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