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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 4/27/2007
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I count you as a friend .. say no more kekeke
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 4/27/2007
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You are doing just fine... would you like a cookie?
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 4/27/2007
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You have good taste.......
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Jennifer Gumbarevic
{K:1159} 4/26/2007
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Skool? Ain't ben thare sunce 6 grad dont ned it
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 4/26/2007
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i carnt unnerstn wod u R writun ennymaw bud I ligeta loogit ya pichus
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 4/26/2007
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Man... I was typing fast... I meant to say, "When are you in my state" wiff out all the typos... kekekekekek 5th round on you??? That means MM pays for the first 4...... nr43yf97erhi
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/26/2007
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That'd be 12 May through 17 May, Jim.
I'll be at the Sofitel Hotel (incredible joint).
Beer is your friend.
The fifth round's on ME!
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 4/26/2007
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Fair enough!!! And when are you are in my state? Do you drink beer? Do you know hwere Chicago is? I have a few dollars.....
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/26/2007
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No, I don't see the situation that way at all.
I just get sad when people people say "America's the greatest" without regard to objective, comparative data against the other industrialized nations.
I don't say this to point out our flaws, I say this wanting to scream, "but we can do SO much better than we're doing now!"
I will confess that growing up, that was my own secret pleasure: Whatever I read is mine. Forever. No one can spoon into my brain and change the way I read it and understood it.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 4/26/2007
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Yeah... well... I tend to think a bit more positive. The folks I meet and talk to, those I converse with daily... can read a newspaper. They can get the basics of life and living. As a conservative I can easily say, "They are part of this nation. They have the ability to understand and participate." As a liberal... you should at least enjoy and accept the fact that most people cannot argue Proust and Shakespeare and the musings of the the Loy children... but they can read enough to understand and comprehend what is passing day by day. Literacy does not mean dissection of Faust... it means taking information day by day from sources at hand. Literacy and "functional" literacy are different... yet the same. I hold to my posted comment. We are a literate nation. We may not offer our ruminations to the satisfaction of some... yet, we can read. Yes we can.... Conservatives expect effort. Liberals demand compliance. "Meet our expectations or deserve our disdain. We are sooooo much smarter and know better than you..."
I hold by my post... we are a literate nation. We can read.
What we read and how we dissect the information is no one's business other than the person who is making the effort.
I see the people and think, "Yes! They are making the effort! They are working to an end!"
I sense you see the people and say, "NO! You are doing it wrong! Do it MY way."
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/26/2007
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* The average composite literacy score of native-born adults in the U.S. was 284 (Level 3) with the U.S. ranking 10th out of 17 high-income countries;
* The average composite literacy score of foreign-born adults in the U.S. was 210 (Level 1) with the U.S., ranking 16th out of 17 countries.
* The mean prose literacy scores of U.S. adults with primary or no education ranked 14th out of 18 high-income countries.
* The mean prose literacy scores of U.S. adults with some high school, but no diploma or GED ranked 19th out of 19 high-income countries.
* The mean prose literacy scores of U.S. adults with a high school diploma or GED (but no college) ranked 18th (tie) out of 19 countries.
* The mean prose literacy scores of U.S. adults with 1-3 years of college ranked 15th out of 19 countries.
* The mean prose literacy scores of U.S. adults with a bachelor's degree or higher ranked 5th.
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