blake murphy wrote:
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> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:45:49 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> > On Mon 01 Nov 2010 09:57:48a, blake murphy told us...
> >
> >> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:51:06 -0500, Andy wrote:
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> >>> blake murphy > wrote:

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> > Only after he graduates from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, Blake.
>
> those are prerequisites for the fourth grade graduation. but you're right,
> that may be years away.
>
> your pal,
> blake

One of the candidates for local election had an ad that stated that '80
percent of 4th graders couldn't read properly'. The next line was '40
percent drop out'.

The implication is that 40 percent of 4th graders drop out. Whoever
wrote that may not have finished 4th grade either