Bill McBlueState
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Tue Dec-06-05 07:55 AM
Response to Reply #6 |
| 80. did your school literally have a "dishonor" roll? |
| -Tests Show Boys Even More Dumbed Down Than Girls |
newswolf56 |
Dec-04-05 07:36 PM |
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We should have seen this coming in 2000... |
mark11727 |
Dec-04-05 07:49 PM |
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Maybe This Explains Many Male * Supporters? |
we can do it |
Dec-04-05 07:50 PM |
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I was thinking the same thing |
hollowdweller |
Dec-05-05 07:15 PM |
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I asked a couple of kids about this and the girl said, "Uh-huh!" |
roguevalley |
Dec-04-05 07:53 PM |
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keep em dumb and they become willing canon fodder. critical |
roguevalley |
Dec-04-05 07:53 PM |
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I really hate having to clean that off my shoes |
Spinzonner |
Dec-04-05 08:14 PM |
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LOL ! (n/t) |
mwb970 |
Dec-04-05 08:55 PM |
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LOL !!! |
nicknameless |
Dec-05-05 03:31 AM |
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This is not news |
Yupster |
Dec-04-05 08:03 PM |
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I spoke with a college professor about a week ago |
justabob |
Dec-04-05 08:20 PM |
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Agreed. I'm glad Governor Gregoire seems interested |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-05-05 12:25 PM |
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Has Nothing To Do With IQ, and School Testing Means Only So Much |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Dec-04-05 08:13 PM |
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Such a charmer :) n/t |
phylny |
Dec-04-05 08:18 PM |
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no one is talking about the iq, except boys that have an iq of 165 |
seabeyond |
Dec-04-05 08:30 PM |
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I agree with ya. It was just my response to an OP that seemed to want to |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Dec-04-05 08:45 PM |
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I agree with you.. |
PowerToThePeople |
Dec-04-05 10:32 PM |
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did your school literally have a "dishonor" roll? |
Bill McBlueState |
Dec-06-05 07:55 AM |
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No LOL I made it up to compete with the obnoxious honor rollers |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Dec-06-05 03:57 PM |
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Before around 1980, girls tested better in lower grade school and then |
FloridaPat |
Dec-04-05 08:15 PM |
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Sports |
justabob |
Dec-04-05 08:27 PM |
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If you ask teachers why boys are doing so much worse |
Yupster |
Dec-04-05 10:48 PM |
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Doesn't Make Sense That Divorce Would Make Boys Dumber / Girls Smarter |
Crisco |
Dec-06-05 07:17 PM |
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Why do we always take this at face value |
proud2Blib |
Dec-04-05 08:24 PM |
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so what are you saying? n/t |
seabeyond |
Dec-04-05 08:30 PM |
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I would want to see the test |
proud2Blib |
Dec-04-05 08:41 PM |
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Having been a print journalist in this country since 1956... |
newswolf56 |
Dec-04-05 08:25 PM |
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An excellent analysis, newswolf56 |
mitchum |
Dec-04-05 08:35 PM |
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A few points... |
misanthrope |
Dec-04-05 09:47 PM |
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Complaints about the deterioration of U.S. public education began... |
newswolf56 |
Dec-04-05 11:42 PM |
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I started high school in 1967 |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 12:37 AM |
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Apropos the dumbing down you dismiss as "ridiculous": |
newswolf56 |
Dec-05-05 01:49 AM |
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And how sad that one as bright as you appear to be |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 10:10 AM |
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We disagree on several points. I will address only three: |
newswolf56 |
Dec-05-05 06:39 PM |
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What a wonderful post. Thank you. n/t |
Pooka Fey |
Dec-05-05 11:44 PM |
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Fascinating thread-- your topic brought out very insightful replies |
omega minimo |
Dec-05-05 05:30 PM |
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Is there solid data showing that kids don't know as much? |
Ladyhawk |
Dec-04-05 09:58 PM |
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No |
AngryAmish |
Dec-04-05 11:04 PM |
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Yes, definitively so. The general knowledge components of the... |
newswolf56 |
Dec-05-05 12:17 AM |
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yes there is |
rman |
Dec-05-05 05:16 AM |
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Gee that site isn't the least bit |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 10:07 AM |
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does that mean the data is incorrect? |
rman |
Dec-05-05 11:11 AM |
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I wasn't the least bit interested in reading beyond |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 11:28 AM |
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you mean there are people who write things without having an agenda? |
rman |
Dec-05-05 11:43 AM |
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With a good writer |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 11:45 AM |
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But then there still is an agenda. |
rman |
Dec-05-05 11:58 AM |
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When it is about attacking education, |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 12:06 PM |
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pointing out the poor quality of US education is not "attacking" it |
rman |
Dec-05-05 12:23 PM |
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Well I happen to know US education isn't poor |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 12:29 PM |
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It's a RW tactic |
proud2Blib |
Dec-05-05 07:11 PM |
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I used to broad a brush |
rman |
Dec-06-05 12:13 AM |
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Nowadays, local school boards don't always determine curriculum |
proud2Blib |
Dec-06-05 06:31 PM |
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My mom forever pointed this fact out to me |
StopThePendulum |
Dec-05-05 11:02 AM |
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This isn't new... |
TreasonousBastard |
Dec-04-05 08:32 PM |
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Here's my observation, and it may be an unpopular one. In fact, I'm sure |
phylny |
Dec-04-05 09:02 PM |
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I don't blame schools... |
TreasonousBastard |
Dec-04-05 09:25 PM |
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Yes, I learned to read at home, too. I played video games, but |
Ladyhawk |
Dec-04-05 10:09 PM |
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Your experiences ring true to me |
senseandsensibility |
Dec-04-05 09:46 PM |
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But weren't boys even more coddled 30 years ago |
Yupster |
Dec-04-05 10:54 PM |
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good post. i dont know that schools are dumbing down |
seabeyond |
Dec-04-05 10:24 PM |
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And lots of uneducated boys and young men |
Yupster |
Dec-04-05 10:50 PM |
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The Stress Test: |
LWolf |
Dec-04-05 08:40 PM |
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The sullen refusal to acknowledge our country's dire problems -- |
newswolf56 |
Dec-04-05 10:44 PM |
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Wow, newswolf, such amazing posts you've written on this thread! |
kath |
Dec-05-05 12:56 AM |
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Thank you very much for the compliment: |
newswolf56 |
Dec-05-05 02:57 AM |
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The best teacher I had, had a little placard on his desk, |
SoCalDem |
Dec-05-05 04:31 AM |
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Perhaps, when you said this: |
LWolf |
Dec-05-05 06:29 AM |
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With my #72 as a preface, a reasoned response to your #52: |
newswolf56 |
Dec-06-05 05:21 AM |
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Well, you've obviously mastered essays, lol |
LWolf |
Dec-06-05 07:47 AM |
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Dupe; please delete. n/t |
LWolf |
Dec-06-05 07:50 AM |
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Great find! |
proud2Blib |
Dec-04-05 10:59 PM |
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The teenage boys I know are 100% clueless. |
mwb970 |
Dec-04-05 08:54 PM |
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As a former college professor, I didn't judge my students' intelligence by |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-04-05 11:12 PM |
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Our society is essentially raising a bunch of redneck warmongers... |
Triana |
Dec-05-05 12:37 AM |
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I would add that "it" also belittles teachers. |
Baconfoot |
Dec-05-05 01:43 AM |
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Well said. Very well said. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-05-05 12:52 PM |
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Like, what? |
Swamp Rat |
Dec-05-05 01:50 AM |
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Known this from my own boys... the dumbing down has been |
lovuian |
Dec-05-05 02:00 AM |
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Kids KNOW that their teachers' jobs are on the line, based |
SoCalDem |
Dec-05-05 03:21 AM |
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It has almost nothing to do with how schools teach IMO |
msmcghee |
Dec-05-05 11:11 AM |
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Well, the Pubs said BC taught our kids that oral sex was OK. |
napi21 |
Dec-05-05 11:47 AM |
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Girls read more than boys. Always have, always will. |
mainer |
Dec-05-05 12:50 PM |
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The Dumbing down of America--the Bush years |
WI_DEM |
Dec-05-05 12:57 PM |
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ever since we were told to get Connected and Under Control (tm) |
dusmcj |
Dec-05-05 05:55 PM |
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