This is a story I first heard some months ago, and it is one of the reasons we must keep our eye on the prize of education. Our children remain some of the most under educated in America, along with Hispanics and Native Americans. We need to refocus our efforts on getting our children educated so that they are not left behind in this new millennium, and we need to make sure that they have more options than trying to pin their hopes on the traditional pursuits of entertainment and sports, categories that don't have room for everyone, and for which everyone is not suited. There are more who don't make it in these categories than those who do. In any case, our children need to have an education to fall back on, no matter what they hope to achieve, they can better achieve their dreams with an education behind them. You can read the story of 15 year old Britney Exline here, at msnbc.
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