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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On 11/30/06, rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:
> You and I are  <gasp> in pretty much total agreement here.   Ever since I
> was required, in eighth grade, to memorize who invented the cotton gin
> (which , incidentally, I have never forgotten - Eli Whitney), when I
> realized we spent no time whatsoever on why this was important.
> I  realized then at least one weakness in the PS system.   There are many
> others.


I know that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin as well, but can't tell
anything about the machine. It wasn't until later years that I learned why
the cotton gin was important and what it did for the South.

... Until our society reaches the point where all parents see this as
> important, I will remain a very squeaky cog in a cumbersome, imperfect,
> machine, that perhaps, if enough other cogs squeak, will finally see
> repairs.


Go  on...the world needs  squeaky wheels.  I need to fix a sticking
keyboard.

Lisa