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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
I noticed that there were no comments about my 2nd paragraph which puts EVERYTHING into the correct perspective and is completely NOT debatable.
.....And those statements about Baltimore just remind me to NEVER try and compare a WEALTHY SUBURBAN school system to a crime-ridden POOR school system............did I hear someone say "apples and oranges comparison. Or maybe it should be cumquats to burnt prunes ?
........In the past, the rich suburban schools did NOT have to pay for security guards and metal detectors like the school did in the INNER cities.
.....isn't Maryland the state where the college football team is named the TWERPS ??????
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Okay, you ASSume where I live has a "wealthy suburban school district", but in reality, it has a wide mix of income levels.
Another neighboring county only spends 2/3 of what B'more spends and still out performs them. That county has a significantly lower income average than mine, has a much higher minority population, higher crime, has security guards and metal detectors...
So much for your "apples and oranges"...
And the MD college mascot is a "Terrapin"... He is named "Testudo". Rumor has it that if a virgin ever graduates UMD, Testudo will sprout wings and fly away... Last I checked, he was still there...