“Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.”

— Bob Keeshan

As quoted in "Commentary: Pre-school Rankings" by Susan Hoff KERA Public Newsroom (6 September 2007) http://publicbroadcasting.net/kera/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1140255&sectionID=1

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