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in this definition. The Majority Report itself contends,

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and I quote, "The term, equal educational opportunities,

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is not susceptible of precise definition."

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In my interpretation, it is an incorrect defini-

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tion. We don't want equal opportunities for all. We

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want the type of opportunities that Delegate Borom re-

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ferred to, opportunities that would enable each individual

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student to develop to the maximum of his potentialities,

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and they are not equal, and they will not take the equal

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amount of money or books or time or teachers .

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There are teachers who are far better than

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others. Would equal opportunity mean that these teachers

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would not be permitted because others would be denied

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their presence or their benefit?

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Would equal opportunity deny a program such as

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education in the State of Maryland. Only three counties

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instituted this when it began. The others did not have

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it, did not want it, in fact. When it was proven to be

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successful, it then became a Statewide program. Would

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equal opportunity for education have defeated the program

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from even coming into being?