Bill Gates 1, Barack Obama 0

[the_original1]

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [ . . . ] has invested more than $2 billion in educational programs since 2000."The article claims, "Only one-third of American high school students graduate with the skills necessary to succeed in college and the nation's workplaces." If anything, that number seems low. The vast majority of my students were

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[sosoclever]

I will not vote for Bill Gates if he runs for office.:-P

Of course, I always said I'd never vote for Oberweis.

[the_original1]

Given the choice between Oberweis and Foster. . . .

[bateleur]

I like the irony of using celebrities to promote education.

"Kids! Sit through your dull education and then go and sit at a desk... just like I didn't!"

[the_original1]

Although to be fair, they often need considerable education before not sitting behind a desk. Professional athletes need to maintain minimum GPAs at the college level, and often get degrees in business, which helps them invest their disgusting salaries. Many actors have college educations.

(Please note the qualifiers.)

More amusing, I think, is in the pre-release (barely) of Obama's speech, where he tells kids they're not going to make it as rappers or basketball players, so they shouldn't even bother, and discover a cure for cancer instead. (Yes, I know that's not quite what he said.)