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Das_Veritas Wrote: Sep 12, 2012 4:11 PM
What happened to personal responsibility? I blame the parents of the students for the high dropout rate. It's not my doctors fault if I continue to smoke and get cancer...it's my fault for smoking!
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JamesB2 Wrote: Sep 12, 2012 5:36 PM
Parents? as in plural?? Ha Ha Ha
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