Having been entirely schooled in the US and now an ex-pat with a child attending grammar school in my host country, I am convinced that the US school system is very good. Beyond all the problems in the US public school system here some of the most important stuff it does brilliantly: provides kids a way to learn sociability, nurtures leadership and most importantly, facilitates creativity. I've recently written a commentary about the school system where I live. Perhaps due to style and multiple subject matter the article is a bit off subject - it is in actuality just a long …
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Tommi
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I tend to think the problem is the media, the industry. As a struggeling writer - and this may sound a bit arrogant - I do not understand why it's so hard for a "writer" to get published. I know there's a lot of krapp out there that lands on publishers desks. I also know that a lot of that krapp a lot of people would read. As an aspiring writer with four unpublished - and, of course, badly written - novels, the greatest challenge I face is not finding readers but getting publishers to talk with me. On top of …
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