It is truly unfortunate that education has gradually become a joking matter among some people. For example, individuals who are serious about scholarship are laughingly referred to as nerds and often ridiculed on television. And these days, it seems, life so often imitates television.
America needs to pay more attention to education, now
Monday, September 1, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:52 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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