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all i'll add here is that i would rather have someone who operates on the basis of data and who has had some success in dealing with an extremely complex (byzantine might be better) system appointed to head the department of education than someone without that predeliction and experience. this not only in itself, but also because the problems with the educational system are systemic. changing the public education system, moving it away from idiotic pseudo-solutions like "no child left behind" for example, will be a quite difficult matter---but i think it is one of the most important political and practical issues facing obama's administration, to at least make some headway in this regard.
as for what he actually does, i'll withold judgment until there's something to talk about.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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