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awoke_in_2003

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33. Ah, king you say...

Reply to Kingofalldems (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 03:23 PM

Jul 2012

well, I didn't vote for you

(I will have that rant going through my head all day now)

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School is too easy, students report [View all] Sgent Jul 2012 OP

writing - if it can't be done on a cell phone it won't be done lol nt msongs Jul 2012 #1

I know a teen salin Jul 2012 #47

Wow, article about lack of challenge and the "dumb kids" cliches still come out. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #49

Shocking! 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #2

Right wing talking points. Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #7

No, that's absolutely true 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #9

Personally speaking, that was exactly my experience joeglow3 Jul 2012 #10

Yes -- you succeeded because the instruction was at your pace. pnwmom Jul 2012 #15

Yeahno, school actually has been dumbed down to absurd levels in the last decade or two. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #12

Not everything is a RW talking point! Spoonman Jul 2012 #13

Exactly. Just because a Republican shares an idea HotRodTuna Jul 2012 #36

They have been saying this since the early '70's Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #42

"They"? Spoonman Jul 2012 #52

"They" meaning your side of course Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #58

Yeah but what would she know? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #60

Ah, king you say... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #43

Sorry, i wasn't slamming you... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #44

OK. Cool. Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #45

No - in our school district the gifted and talented program was the first to go hack89 Jul 2012 #56

It's almost as if logical fallacies such as post hoc ergo prompter hoc are no longer being taught... LanternWaste Jul 2012 #28

Post hoc ergo *propter* hoc 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #57

Not from my point of view onlyadream Jul 2012 #3

I think this may be true. murielm99 Jul 2012 #4

I think this is an important point. wickerwoman Jul 2012 #6

I remember people complaining in a college WRITING class about a 3 page paper joeglow3 Jul 2012 #11

Yeah, when TAing I had a few who'd meltdown at five-page, five-source papers. Posteritatis Jul 2012 #17

Of course it's too easy for 37%! pnwmom Jul 2012 #14

I once had a student who came from a town of 500 in Alaska Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #5

What you are saying is to expect continued and exboyfil Jul 2012 #19

Our school board had limited options. Key policy is set by the state, as are class sizes. pnwmom Jul 2012 #22

But what do you do with the coasting students who know the stuff? Igel Jul 2012 #27

There's probably not much you can do, except infect them with your enthusiasm. pnwmom Jul 2012 #35

I'd like to know what is the distribution of kids in different states and different SECs/schools. Mass Jul 2012 #8

Another BUSH legacy!!!! "No Child Left Behind" Spoonman Jul 2012 #16

Of course it was too easy for 37%. pnwmom Jul 2012 #18

Or Sgent Jul 2012 #30

Few schools use tracking anymore. It's not a panacea. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #31

Where are the parents in this report? justice1 Jul 2012 #20

The parents are......... Spoonman Jul 2012 #21

There are only three sulphurdunn Jul 2012 #23

This certainly would explain why high school graduates don't know anything kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #24

The high school curriculum sulphurdunn Jul 2012 #55

"39% of 12th-graders say they rarely write about what they read in class" Igel Jul 2012 #25

Well, they just need 4 more hours daily of the same math problems AllyCat Jul 2012 #26

The thing is that today in eduation, all efforts go to teaching THE TEST. Teachers 1monster Jul 2012 #29

Ever read a textbook from the turn of the last century? Warpy Jul 2012 #32

In the 1990s, I volunteered in a tutoring program for street kids Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #37

Half of all children have above average IQ AngryAmish Jul 2012 #34

The same thing we do now HotRodTuna Jul 2012 #38

That's ... really not what "average" means. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #48

Average has three meanings in statistics AngryAmish Jul 2012 #50

there is a problem with it though, a concern d_r Jul 2012 #51

It is not just about money. Steerpike Jul 2012 #39

I like your plan ladym55 Jul 2012 #46

Most of what you're describing was available to me klook Jul 2012 #54

A headline worthy of The Onion slackmaster Jul 2012 #40

Flawed Data. And here's the REBUTTAL... YvonneCa Jul 2012 #53

No Child Left Behind. progressoid Jul 2012 #41

as the parent of two recently graduated young adults, I've seen that in Washington State, not Calif. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #59