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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Perhaps downtown they think that as soon as they solve the teacher quality problem, poverty will no longer interfere with student learning. [/quote]

We're in a hot car.  The windows are rolled up.  It turns out the air conditioner is not working.

"We should roll down the windows."

"That won't do anything!  The problem is the broken air conditioner!  Also the weather!!!  Until we change the weather or fix the a/c, rolling the windows down won't fix the fundamental problem!"

Here's an idea:  let's wait for the weather to change, look for a a/c repair shop, *and* roll the damned windows down.

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Good analogy.

Right now, it's as if they are having trouble getting the windows down, so they do things like break the windows and switch cars looking for one with smoothly working windows, determined that only the best windows will solve the hotness problem, because fixing the AC  or moving to a cooler climate would be too hard  and is beyond their purview.

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Classic dodge.  We've got three ways of addressing the problem.  One is the most immediate, which we can do now, and which you admit will alleviate the problem somewhat.  But you've got a psychological block which makes it impossible to even consider doing that one thing, even while attacking the other, more fundamental issues.  I wonder why this is...[/quote]

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