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8th Grade Graduation?

By Joseph on 15 June 2008 | Permalink

It seems, like me, Senator Barack Obama thinks 8th grade graduation is a little silly.

From barackobama.com:

You know, sometimes I'll go to an eighth-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just eighth grade. To really compete, they need to graduate high school, and then they need to graduate college, and they probably need a graduate degree too. An eighth-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!

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