{"id":462,"date":"2002-10-18T04:07:22","date_gmt":"2002-10-18T04:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/wp\/?p=462"},"modified":"2002-10-18T04:07:22","modified_gmt":"2002-10-18T04:07:22","slug":"eureka-i-have-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"EUREKA! I have discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>EUREKA!<\/b><\/i> I have discovered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierrasun.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?Site=SS&#038;Date=20021017&#038;Category=NEWS&#038;ArtNo=210170305&#038;Ref=AR\">true purpose <\/a>of the public schools.  It&#8217;s not to teach the basics; it&#8217;s to provide extracurricular activities and sports.  That&#8217;s why traditional public schools are better than charters, according to this educrat:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Traditional schools offer so many extracurricular things and the opportunity to get a wider scope of education,&#8221; said Ed Turner, North Tahoe High School vice principal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It prepares us better for life after high school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, because of its small student body and budget, [charter school] Prosser Creek does not offer any after-school sports. While some parents feel this is not an issue, proponents of traditional schools see it as a major drawback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sports are extremely important, they keep a lot of students in school,&#8221; said Turner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EUREKA! I have discovered the true purpose of the public schools. It&#8217;s not to teach the basics; it&#8217;s to provide extracurricular activities and sports. That&#8217;s why traditional public schools are better than charters, according to this educrat: &#8220;Traditional schools offer so many extracurricular things and the opportunity to get a wider scope of education,&#8221; said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}