Raise the bar

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How long has SC been in the bottom 10 percent (bottom 5 states) of the nation in education? Answer: FOREVER.

It's time to pick the bar up off the ground, and raise it. Raise expectations for SC students. DON'T send them to the next grade until they can perform at grade level. INSIST on a classroom environment that's conducive to learning. Don't allow students to talk (yell) out loud unless asked. Don't allow them to get out of their seats and roam around the classroom without permission. Deal with those who fight in the classroom, or are similarly disruptive, in the manner that they should be dealt with.

DEMAND that school teachers and school administrators educate children such that when they graduate from high school that they can compete for good jobs with other high school graduates from other states. Without a twelfth grade education, consistent with that of other students nationally, SC children will NOT get good jobs, even if they're in their own backyard.

Even raising the bar to the bottom 20 percent nationally (bottom 10 states) will be an improvement. It's time that SC pick the bar up off the ground, and raise it, for its children.
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