Letters in the N&O re: tuition

[S.D. Rhodes]

>"Simply put, NCSSM does not house the majority of the
>state's best and brightest academic students because
>most of us parents of high-achieving students choose
>to keep our children (particularly females) safe at
>home until graduation."

I caught that one, and was absolutely floored by it.  All I can figure
is either a) this is "OMG Durham is dangerous!" hysteria (I could be
wrong, but I'll bet you can't find a high school in Wake County which
wasn't more dangerous than NCSSM last year) or b) the letter writer
thinks her daughter is going to turn into a nymphomanic if she doesn't
have Mommy and Daddy watching over her (in which case I wonder what she
thinks her daughter will do when she gets to college!).

-Scott D. Rhodes
 c/o 1988




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