Bending the Third Rail
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Monday, September 18, 2006
No Child Left Behind
With the dismal state of our school system I was left wondering what No Child Left Behind really means. It is all clear to me now.
My daughter started high school last week. This milestone was marked by the arrival in our home of a ream of paperwork. Along with the usual bureaucratic permissions, I found tucked into this package a seemingly innocuous form that carries extraordinary consequences: failing to fill it out might result in my daughter being harassed, assaulted, or being fast-tracked to fight in Iraq.

This form asks us whether we want to opt-out of having our daughter's contact information sent to the US military. If we overlooked this form, or did not opt-out , our high school is required to forward her information to military recruiters. This is thanks to a stealth provision of the No Child Left Behind law. It turns out that President Bush's supposed signature education law also happens to be the most aggressive military recruitment tool enacted since the draft ended in 1973.

Bush means no child will be left behind in the push to expand empire. (Except Jenna and Not-Jenna of course).
Written at 9:47 AM by Lynne.
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