Craig writes:

> > In that regard, let me show you something that I'm actually quite proud
of:
>  > the evolution and physiology lectures put together by sophomore and
junior
>  > girls at the Loretto Academy, El Paso. Loretto is a very highly regarded
> Catholic
>  > girls high school. One hundred percent of their graduates apply for
> college,
>  > and 100% of them are accepted. You can get a sense of the quality of the
> school
>  > from its curriculum requirements:
>  >
>  >      http://www.student.loretto.org/lorettoweb/curriculum.htm
>
> Whew, for a second there I thought you were talking about a Publik Govrnmnt
> Skool.

There's nothing wrong with public schools that a few, interested parents
wouldn't fix.

Mark Wonsil wrote earlier today about Richard Feynman, and he is as good an
example as what good parenting will do for a child. Feynman attended Far
Rockaway High School, a public high school in an area just outside NYC, but long
before he ever got there, his parents had filled his head and their house with
books and ideas.

His father, who emigrated to the US from Belarus when he was five, lived out
his life as a tailor, but he was deeply interested in science and constantly
talked to Richard about the ideas and methods of science, most famously once
explaining to Richard how little we know about some things, such as inertia.

Moreover, even though they weren't wealthy by any means, he bought a copy of
the Encyclopedia Brittanica for Richard to have at his fingertips.

If you do all of those things for your children, and they still fail, you can
blame it on the public school system. But if you don't, you have no complaint
at all.

Wirt Atmar

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