<em>Show up for one day and get some new Jordans</em>
<blockquote>This year, every Detroit public <a href=”http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/” target=”_blank”>high school</a> student who shows up to school on Oct. 3 will be rewarded with a free pair of Nikes, courtesy of a local shoe store.
The reason for all the swag: Count Day. The number of students in attendance for the entirety of count day in the fall <a href=”http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/2011-2012_and_2012-2013_Student_Count_Day_Information_362677_7.pdf” target=”_blank”>determines 90 percent</a> of per-pupil state funding for <a href=”http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/” target=”_blank”>Michigan</a> public school districts. The other 10 percent is determined by a second count day in the winter. –<em><a href=”http://finance.yahoo.com/news/high-school-students-swag-count-day-144200457.html” target=”_blank”>Finance</a></em></blockquote> Show up for one day and get some new Jordans This year, every Detroit public high school student who shows up to school on Oct. 3 will be rewarded with a free pair of Nikes, courtesy of a local shoe store. The reason for all the swag: Count Day. The number of students in attendance for the entirety of count day in the fall determines 90 percent of per-pupil state funding for Michigan public school districts. The other 10 percent is determined by a second count day in the winter. –Finance Well if this isn’t a good sign for the future of our country, I don’t know what is. You can say what you want about the kids these days. You can say they are growing up soft. You can say they are growing up with zero accountability for their actions. Go ahead and say that they are being dominated by students from other countries with much more practical education systems not run by unions and based on memorization. But at least these kids understand the value of a fresh pair of Jordans. So we got that going for us, which is nice.
Well if this isn’t a good sign for the future of our country, I don’t know what is. You can say what you want about the kids these days. You can say they are growing up soft. You can say they are growing up with zero accountability for their actions. Go ahead and say that they are being dominated by students from other countries with much more practical education systems not run by unions and based on memorization. But at least these kids understand the value of a fresh pair of Jordans. So we got that going for us, which is nice.Rich Text Area
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