Refund Checks

nds76.........
I knew it !......I kept pointing out to people that mine said "Up to $600.00" !
It DID NOT SAY $600.00........it said ...."up to"
And sure enough .......you got "up to" $600.00 !

mycrob......
Some people will "have" to spend it for gas and groceries though.....they won't have a choice and can't afford to "save it" sadly !
Yeah, I agree that some public schools are very good. I went to a small town school and the academics/athletics were great!......but my senior class had only 39 people in it !...I think that the teachers (if you have good ones that is) can get better results with a "smaller" classroom and spend more time with each student......we had very high standards and very high results there....but I think nowadays it's the "exception" not the "general rule".......
The No Child Left Behind Act.....is just pushing kids through no matter what.......I don't think that's working like it was intended to. I've heard a lot of bad things about that nationwide......depending on ones political persuasion and viewpoints and "reactionary observations" is one thing.......but the "actuality" or "reality" of the situation nationwide is something else.......It isn't working well from what I've heard !...."cover stats" are one thing to show political groups who are checking this "program"...(and results shown aren't great).....and true "good high school education" is another thing.
As a whole it's just "sub par" espicially when compared to other countries that we compete with now or in the future with this and other future generations.

Should get mine soon.
1200 (couple) + 600 (2 kids)
The first 500 goes into a new stainless steel infrared gas grill.
The rest goes in my 2 girl's saving accounts.

Yeah !.........and Granny's trailer chair needs some brake lights and turn signals......was there a seatbelt ?.....Livingdinosaur....Man ! you've got to fix up yer wife's ride dude !......

Got mine some to savings some to bills. (Slid in a couple ebay bids too :)

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The No Child Left Behind Act...I don't think that's working like it was intended to....but the "actuality" or "reality" of the situation nationwide is something else

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LOL. You leave me an opining for a funny little story....Back when the bill was first passed, I had the honor to attend a gathering of local and national politicans. I was invited to attend this dinner because of the campaign work I had done, believe it or not, for His Higness George W. Bush the year before. Yup, thats right, in the year 2000 I took to the streets and did all I could to get this man elected. At the bright age of 12, I was more than willing to travel throughout the city passing out fliers, attending rallies, talking with people on the subway and the like. I even helped organize student debates at my Junior High School. The same was true in 2004 actually. Only recently have I "changed sides" as my neocon friends like to say lol

Anyway, the topic of No Child Left Behind came up several times with several people. Most had good things to say about it and I myself was excited for it--its no secert schools in NYC have been, shall we say, more destructive than productive for quiet soem tiem now. There was one nincapoop in attentence however. The following is what a US Congressman, who still serves I might add, told me:

"The goal of No Child Left Behind is exactly that--no child in 21st century America should be denied a sound education nor denied the opportunity for a worthwhile career. Furthermore, the congress hopes that by 2010, no student will be in the bottom quartile of their class."

Eliminate the bottom 25% of the class How is that possible? There will always be a bottom 25% no matter what they score! If every student gets a 90 or better, there will still be a bottom quartile

LOL it seems to me that teaching basic math skills to the congress might be a good first step in fixing some of our problems as a nation....maybe then we could *gasp* balance the budget...and maybe we wouldn't even need this $600 to be able to afford eating....

i spent it on coins too! I bought this 25 year mint set book.i took the coins out of it.the coins are value more than the book. only paid 180.00 for it.that is 70% of bid.it starts at 1962 to 1987 mint set complete.with out the 2 skip years.the 79 80 and 81 has all the susies.and did you know that the 1975 mint set has type 1 ike's and the 1976 set has type 2 ike's.this book has a very nice 1970 D half in it.all the pennies are BU red.it has a 3 sms sets and some of the hard years to find.

i am thinking to break up the packs there are some real nice ike's and kennedys and frank's.i know they are ms 65 and some have full bell lines.there is also some near full steps on a few nickels.what do you think?