<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002-08-06-oplede_x.htm[/url]”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002-08-06-oplede_x.htm</a>
<p>ok, I guess it's not interesting</p>
<p>"Likewise, the culture of A's for laziness must go. If the brightest surpass the schools' resources, there's nothing sacred about the four-year plan. They can be shuttled to community college or work or whatever interests them most." </p>
<p>The attitudes within my high school are that of disgruntled teens upset with the administration, counseling, teachers, and curriculum. The trend has cast growing numbers of students to the local CCs for the last 2 years of high school and a dilemma faced amongst sophomores about AP vs. CC. </p>
<p>"But the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is already funding the creation of smaller, personalized high schools..." </p>
<p>Aren't there growing trends in school structures particularly concerning small-school environments (within the high school)? My school is adopting this learning philosophy and very few (of the students and faculty) agree with it... they're quite adamant about retaining the traditional structure of [our] high school. </p>
<p>This is interesting too:
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050603/cm_usatoday/thegraduate2005;_ylt=As2xjNu4_qZ_lCp06n55_k6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZWM0djIzBHNlYwNjbQ--%5B/url%5D">http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050603/cm_usatoday/thegraduate2005;_ylt=As2xjNu4_qZ_lCp06n55_k6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZWM0djIzBHNlYwNjbQ--</a></p>