Re the No Child Left Behind initiative, one of my daughters just sent me this, and I thought it was too good not to share
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND---THE FOOTBALL VERSION
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND---THE FOOTBALL VERSION
1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable. If, after two years, they have not won the championship their footballs and equipment will be taken away UNTIL they do win the championship.
2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at  the same  time even if they do not have the same conditions or opportunities to practice  on their own. NO exceptions will be made for lack of interest in football, a  desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities of  themselves or their parents.
ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL!
3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own, without  instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football,  have limited athletic ability or whose parents don't like football.
4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be  kept in  the 4th, 8th, and 11th game. It will create a New Age of Sports where every  school is expected to have the same level of talent and  all teams will reach  the same minimum goals. If no child gets ahead, then no  child gets left  behind.