Ray Charles left us today at 73....

[tandkvd]

And for the poor rural neighborhoods. If a person wants an education they can get one in this country. Most people are just too lazy or they do not get the support from there family. The latter is the most common. Poor familys alot of times do not want others in there family to do any better. My wife puts up with that all the time. These kids are just taking up space and don't care. But the school keeps them there to help with the numbers. And the teachers had better not fail them. That makes the school look bad, and we can't have that.

Look at Ray Charles, even with his up bringing and blindness. He had the courage to do something about his life.

My wife grew up in Kannapolis. A town when she was growing up was all about the cotton mill. She was raised by a single mother who worked in the mill. My wife graduated from UNCC with out any assistance from her mother. She earned scholarships, and worked her way through college. It took her longer than 4 years but she stuck with it.