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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Whoa there.

Talk about a change in culture. What is the quickest way for elementary school children to make a buck? Paper route? Lemonade stand? Nope, it is informing on other classmates. That’s right. Schools in Georgia have set up a reward system for informing which children carry drugs, weapons, or violent thoughts to school. They can receive 100-500 dollars cash, camping trips, pizza parties, and the list goes on. Not only is this destroying a child sense of community, but their sense of economy as well. What type of work ethic is taught by offering $500 and pizza parties for information? Are American schools mafia training or schools! For the sake of the American economy, I hope kids start returning to working at the food court for their middle school jobs.

Read the whole article at : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7636124/

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