Education: The Low Road
After a lot of parents complained because their children were getting failing marks, Principal Edwin Anderson of the Prosser, Wash, high school made a survey, ventured an answer: an educational mixture too rich in gasoline. His figures: of seniors with A or B grades, only 11% own cars or have the use of them regularly. Among C-grade seniors, 33% have cars, and 62% of the C-minus-to-failing seniors are motorized. Cars owned by juniors with A or B grades, none; with C grades, 31%; and with C-minus-to-failing marks, 39%.
The tabulations, Anderson added, did not include youths who had quit school to buy gas, parts and polish for their jalopies.
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