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	<title>Comments on: Strict education standards in Alabama - later</title>
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		<title>By: walt moffett</title>
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		<dc:creator>walt moffett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alabama's kids are like Lake Woebegone's, all above average.

The real annual spectacle is though is how many bright upper to middle class kids are classified as "Gifted - LD" as a way of helping inflate their GPA and/or ease their way into college.</description>
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<p>The real annual spectacle is though is how many bright upper to middle class kids are classified as &#8220;Gifted - LD&#8221; as a way of helping inflate their GPA and/or ease their way into college.</p>
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