tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post506842932393566506..comments2023-10-19T10:43:38.825-04:00Comments on Free Advice: The Race Against GovernmentBob Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-15649284116563536852010-02-09T09:59:36.459-05:002010-02-09T09:59:36.459-05:00Bob, I really enjoyed your article yesterday on M....Bob, I really enjoyed your article yesterday on M.O. As a 12 year Catholic school kid, I am well aware of most $ generating schemes. At my high school the biggest week of the year was not Homecoming or Prom, it was Activity Week. In addition to all the door to door and parents' offices guilt trips, we had actual child labor "volunteerism". Guess which made more money for the school: citrus sales or prevailing undocumented immigrant labor rate leaf raking? This $ allowed me to avoid having a sewn on belt on my basketball shorts in 1990. Now they have a lucrative gambling (bingo) operation and the freshman team has home/road warm up suits every year and only rare instances of hand me downs. The school's grad rate? >95%. College attendance after grad? >90%. Average ACT? >26. And usually at least one athletic title a year. So it's just a matter of time until the State shuts it down.R. Goschenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-11659117898162003802010-02-09T00:36:40.431-05:002010-02-09T00:36:40.431-05:003rd anon, we called it "grammar school."...3rd anon, we called it "grammar school." That's what I grew up thinking K-8th grade was called.<br /><br />I studied French but did not absorb it.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-82989298468458441302010-02-08T20:44:54.128-05:002010-02-08T20:44:54.128-05:00When you say 'grammar school', is that a f...When you say 'grammar school', is that a fancy way of saying elementary school; or did you actually go to a school where they focused on languages? <br /><br />If the latter, which can you speak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-83829529179727352652010-02-08T17:09:09.430-05:002010-02-08T17:09:09.430-05:00there are plenty of fat kids who should walk aroun...there are plenty of fat kids who should walk around the school groundsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-20517972159712231502010-02-08T15:20:58.500-05:002010-02-08T15:20:58.500-05:00yes.... like raffles or casino nights, or other &...yes.... like raffles or casino nights, or other "entertainment" venues....presumably the workers are offering something of value vs just walking around the school..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com