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Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:

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Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:

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When I see the results of a public school education, I am thankful I was sent to a parochial school.

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not all public education is worthless. i attended a public school (though it was in a small municipality and only about 700 students in 9, 10, 11, and 12th grade combined). granted, we had our share of idiots and those voted most likely to flip my burgers in 10 years, but really who doesn't.

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The same. If the students respect the teacher (and vice versa!) worthwhile education can occur. I had several teachers who clearly loved teaching, and for the most part stayed in honors-AP courses where the students liked learning. (The exception was History, which was in a sense nice because I got to interact with multiple crowds while in school and wasn't entirely deemed a nerd by others since they saw how poorly I did in that subject, lol!)

Honestly, I am surprised you of all people place such a negative stereotype among anybody based simply on a factor such as his/her educational background.

Originally posted by loggerbomb:

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lol dont need the last comma before the "and"

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Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:

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Originally posted by loggerbomb:

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lol dont need the last comma before the "and"

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It is proper grammar to use a comma before every item in a series except for the last one. Therefore a comma before the conjunction should be used.

The public school system is far from underfunded. I believe the federal and state governments mandate far too much, which forces schools to use money in less efficient ways. However, school districts spend over $8500 per student on average. This is plenty of money to do the job, they just need to stop looking at the taxpayers as an endless resource of money.

Catholic schools prove this every day. They operate in every socioeconomic condition. They operate on a fraction of the cost per student of public schools, yet consistently outperform them.

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Originally posted by XKontour98:

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Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:

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Originally posted by loggerbomb:

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lol dont need the last comma before the "and"

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It is proper grammar to use a comma before every item in a series except for the last one. Therefore a comma before the conjunction should be used.

The public school system is far from underfunded. I believe the federal and state governments mandate far too much, which forces schools to use money in less efficient ways. However, school districts spend over $8500 per student on average. This is plenty of money to do the job, they just need to stop looking at the taxpayers as an endless resource of money.

Catholic schools prove this every day. They operate in every socioeconomic condition. They operate on a fraction of the cost per student of public schools, yet consistently outperform them.

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I was taught that it is an option if you choose to use/not use the comma before "and" in a serial sentence. It once was a common practice, but lately it is more acceptable to not use it.Basically it boils down to personal preference.

In a compound sentence, however, you must use a comma befoer the "and". Thought that's was not the case here.

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Originally posted by frenchblueC2:

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Can we get this simple little word straight once and for all?
please?

I can't believe the number of different ways I've seen this word spelled.

read it, learn it, love it

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