http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/11/173532/78 Schools in Florida seem to be stuck in neutral.  One of the telltale signs of this is a graduation rate which ranks somewhere in the lower half of graduation rates among the states.  What to do to improve the situation was the main question on the minds of Florida's educational elite.  They think they have come up with a solution, at least they hope they have.  That solution has nothing to do with improving the schools or coming up with ways of decreasing the student/teacher ratio. &nbsp en-us Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:49:05 EST Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:34:43 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/11/173532/78#5 The problem with of the education programs in this nation is that they try to teach kids how to get a job in the future.  This is completely different than actually educating a person.  If the schools focused more on educating the youth on core s Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:34:43 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/11/173532/78#4 Welcome to florida!<p> Have fun educating your kids while the retirees are holding the purse stings, suckers!<p> See grandpa learn causality when some ignorant undeducated punk steals all his shit.<p> Ad infinitum. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:02:21 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/11/173532/78#3 Sorry for the goof, I didn't mean to disparage kids in special education classes.<p> But, more to the point of your comment, no, there's nothing at all wrong with programs which might focus a kid's attention and perhaps having a major might have a spillove Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:52:00 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/11/173532/78#2 The issue is that increasingly, there is no middle class in Florida. Jeb's policies and (more especially actually) increasing home owner insurance from all the hurricanes have made it increasingly difficult for the average floridian to hang on. Those who c Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:44:23 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/11/173532/78#1 <i>Courses such as landscape technician or pool maintenance assistant would be open only to Special Education students.  <b>However, kids who are not mentally challenged...</b></i><p> Have you read the pdf to which you linked?  <p> Auto Services Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:50:50 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/