[lit-ideas] Re: Left Behind
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 10:38:44 -0700
This from the not-always-reliable Wikipedia site. I'd heard about the
name's similarity to the CDF motto before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind#Name
The name "No Child Left Behind" is unusual, and evokes the Left Behind
series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, which talks about life during
the end times, a fate which parents would not want to let their children
face. Its most likely origin is the motto of the liberal advocacy group
The Children's Defense Fund, "Leave No Child Behind," but which may also
stem from Atticus Finch's speech in To Kill a Mockingbird, in which he
chastises the government for working so hard to not let one child be
left behind the other, more advanced children.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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