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In reply to the discussion: "If you made 110 points on my test then you can afford to give some to the person who made 72" [View all]Puregonzo1188
(1,948 posts)88. Is this a public school? If so where does he think his income is coming from?
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"If you made 110 points on my test then you can afford to give some to the person who made 72" [View all]
Stuckinthebush
Nov 2012
OP
Exactly. In his case he got zero on the test and depends on the largesse of others.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#106
Not everyone is the same. And who is to say that the 72 point person can't help the 110 person in
sammytko
Nov 2012
#5
+1. also, test scores aren't analogous to income. income is analogous to 'life', because in a
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#48
Your answer may not be the most eloquently worded on this thread but, imo, it
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#69
. A math teacher is being this political? AND stupid? I'd let his Administrators know.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#26
Tell them there is no such thing as 110%. If there was, something would be out of whack. nt
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#27
true. Best answer here, IMHO....they have NOTHING to do with each other
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2012
#53
Really? Are you kidding? That is the kind of RW strawman that we should laugh out the door.
grantcart
Nov 2012
#148
Send him to the English Deparment and introduce him to Charles Dicken's works.
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#31
He might have given a test with 150 points as the top. The S.A.T. isn't on the 100-point scale. :-)
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#40
The analogy assumes the rules of the economy are as simple and clearcut as the rules of a test.
JHB
Nov 2012
#35
What if someone hits the teacher head-on in a car crash tomorrow while he's driving to work?
blue neen
Nov 2012
#37
I wonder if your daughter's math teacher would allow people to have math employees do their work
JVS
Nov 2012
#41
There are many good explanations here, but explaining it to the mind of a kid can be difficult.
Incitatus
Nov 2012
#46
1% of the kids get a percentage of the points awarded to the rest of his classmates.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#107
Students aren't born with 110 points on their tests, but many who run our society
bulloney
Nov 2012
#79
Why would it be fair for one student to do nothing and get a 1,877,995% or enough
TheKentuckian
Nov 2012
#52
Comparing a test, where all people are treated equally to a progressive tax system used
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2012
#55
Not brilliant, but remembering that I could have been faced with the same question. . .
bvf
Nov 2012
#62
The problem with the analogy is that every student is on an even playing field.
jmondine
Nov 2012
#68
Every question on your test is worth half a point and every question on his test is worth one point
Azathoth
Nov 2012
#72
If the person who made 110 points had a clean, warm classroom and a small class in which to learn
MADem
Nov 2012
#73
If his analogy were true (it isn't) He would be the one with 72 that gets 19 points
Taitertots
Nov 2012
#75
Hey teach...Too bad you're a teacher and don't realize you just describe precisely why you should
Ya Basta
Nov 2012
#76
Male and female workers who make the same choices earn nearly the same pay.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2012
#147
tell the teacher he gets an "A" in Math, but an "F" in social studies and history
quinnox
Nov 2012
#83
Is this a public school? If so where does he think his income is coming from?
Puregonzo1188
Nov 2012
#88
Well, you can start with the obvious, which is that academic grades can't be compared to income.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2012
#97
+1 ... Paris Hilton makes more than the teacher, so clearly, she is smarter than this teacher.
JoePhilly
Nov 2012
#117
The analogy falls apart simply because some people are better at math than others
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#104
Suppose one person inherits the 110 test points and doesn't even have to take the test.
drm604
Nov 2012
#123
Yup. I was shocked at how conservative most of my teacher colleagues turned out to be.
The Midway Rebel
Nov 2012
#124
The kid with 110 points should spend time tutoring the kid with 75. Class grades aren't zero sum.
Gidney N Cloyd
Nov 2012
#128
Can the kids give away their test points? If not then the analogy is baseless.
chowder66
Nov 2012
#132
The basis of the argument is that both grade points and income are connected to MERIT and hard work
GiaGiovanni
Nov 2012
#144
The assumption here is that earnings are directly related to how hard you work
LeftishBrit
Nov 2012
#146
It must gall him that he's teaching EVERYONE ELSE'S kids and paying with HIS taxes.
jtuck004
Nov 2012
#157