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Wed Apr-11-07 05:42 PM
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| 8. Yep, it's absolutely nuts |
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And I've been telling, urging and begging everybody I meet and know to write their reps about NCLB. I'm hearing some favorable knews, but mostly in the vein of some sort of "compromise" rather than just killing the damn thing. We'll see. Good luck, it's that crazy time of the year.
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| -Two of my students are in psych wards |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 05:33 PM |
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Bless your heart Proud and bless those families. |
shance |
Apr-11-07 05:36 PM |
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Please don't feel sorry for me; it is my job to deal with this crap |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 05:39 PM |
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Okay we won't offer you pity - but admiration is called for! n/t |
truedelphi |
Apr-11-07 07:20 PM |
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Geeze I'm wondering what happened to these kids that they are in a Psych ward.... |
KoKo01 |
Apr-11-07 09:30 PM |
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It's called mental illness |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 09:57 PM |
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Sadly these kids have already been left behind |
Horse with no Name |
Apr-11-07 05:37 PM |
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They are being left behind, and run over |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 05:40 PM |
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I think that's why it's important to confront the 'incompetence excuse'. Its not incompetence |
shance |
Apr-13-07 12:33 AM |
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I wish there was a penalty that legislators had to face |
ThomCat |
Apr-11-07 05:38 PM |
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No citizen left behind |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 05:41 PM |
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"All communities must fall below the national average..." |
ThomCat |
Apr-11-07 05:52 PM |
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...starting, of course, with Lake Wobegon. |
KamaAina |
Apr-11-07 08:56 PM |
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ahh, social psychology, how i love thee! n/t |
mconvente |
Apr-11-07 11:33 PM |
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First - how asinine!! |
Clark2008 |
Apr-11-07 05:41 PM |
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The stress we place on them at school certainly doesn't help. |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 05:46 PM |
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Oh, I never surmised that it never happened and was new. |
Clark2008 |
Apr-11-07 06:10 PM |
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I teach special ed |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:20 PM |
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Thanks for bring mental illness to the front |
cmd |
Apr-11-07 06:48 PM |
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Ahhh.. I see. I didn't realize that. |
Clark2008 |
Apr-11-07 09:35 PM |
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As A Bipolar Adult, Those Were My Thoughts Exactly |
maggiegault |
Apr-12-07 12:54 AM |
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undue stress and lack of good attn |
ananda |
Apr-12-07 11:20 AM |
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Warren Porter PhD professor at Univ of Wisc states |
truedelphi |
Apr-11-07 07:29 PM |
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Let's be glad we're catching it now. |
raccoon |
Apr-12-07 08:17 AM |
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Yep, it's absolutely nuts |
MadHound |
Apr-11-07 05:42 PM |
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Several reps have told me they expect more special ed kids to be exempt |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 05:48 PM |
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Keep posting this stuff |
texastoast |
Apr-11-07 05:49 PM |
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Yes send it on |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:19 PM |
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God love ya |
texastoast |
Apr-12-07 08:26 PM |
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Thank You!! |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 08:32 PM |
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Psychotic children will not give you good data on an achievement test. |
cassiepriam |
Apr-11-07 05:59 PM |
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That's a duh |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:22 PM |
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It should be a duh to the people who made the new regulations. |
cassiepriam |
Apr-11-07 06:28 PM |
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LOL The only one in my classroom at risk for violence |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:31 PM |
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LOL I hear you..... the idiots who make your life miserable? |
cassiepriam |
Apr-11-07 06:53 PM |
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Yes several politicians, most school administrators |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:00 PM |
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Don't forget to include the superintendent. Where I live there are the |
cassiepriam |
Apr-12-07 05:57 AM |
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Ours is the pits |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:15 AM |
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EvenTexas is getting sick of NCLB. |
progressoid |
Apr-11-07 06:14 PM |
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Our district refused all Title I funding for its high schools |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:24 PM |
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I'm about a semester away from student teaching and totally agree. |
ryanmuegge |
Apr-11-07 06:24 PM |
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My congressman had a town meeting last week on NCLB |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:30 PM |
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I agree with the superintendent. |
raccoon |
Apr-12-07 08:20 AM |
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King George III's first ministry tried this. |
ieoeja |
Apr-12-07 12:36 PM |
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Same shit, different century. Thanks for posting. nt |
raccoon |
Apr-12-07 01:02 PM |
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If I were you, I would advise these children's parents that they have the right |
Divernan |
Apr-11-07 06:30 PM |
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Already looked into that |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:33 PM |
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Better the school district "gets screwed" than that these children are further damaged. |
Divernan |
Apr-11-07 06:36 PM |
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We lose federal funding if we don't make AYP |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:39 PM |
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Can a parent list their child(ren) as 'home-schooled' and still send them to school? |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Apr-11-07 06:33 PM |
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No if they are enrolled, they have to take the test |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:38 PM |
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Are they also on prescription drugs. Thom Hartmann discussed violence a side effect. |
WA98296 |
Apr-11-07 06:34 PM |
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Yes we do think one of them is reacting to a med he is on |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:40 PM |
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That's a very tricky issue to speculate on. |
Ilsa |
Apr-11-07 09:30 PM |
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Both of my own kids are ADHD |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:04 PM |
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How about some civil disobedience? Don't test them. |
roody |
Apr-11-07 06:36 PM |
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Oh how I wish!! |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 06:41 PM |
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Suppose you just went to visit them, with the "test" in your hands? If you get my drift/// |
cryingshame |
Apr-12-07 08:30 AM |
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LOL yeah I get it |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 11:44 AM |
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how about losing their records for the amount of time they are in the |
demigoddess |
Apr-12-07 03:00 PM |
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My school would be penalized |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:31 PM |
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At our school, we test students who have the cognitive ability to fill |
AnotherMother4Peace |
Apr-11-07 06:43 PM |
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I shouldn't be flippant about t children with special needs "taking" NCLB mandated testing |
AnotherMother4Peace |
Apr-11-07 08:57 PM |
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I wrote my rep last week and told him it was cruel |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:19 PM |
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I just forwarded your e-mail to my rep |
cmd |
Apr-11-07 06:44 PM |
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Awesome! |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:18 PM |
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NCLB has to go. No doubt about that. It is a tool used to wield |
midnight |
Apr-11-07 06:52 PM |
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I TEACH SPECIAL ED |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:21 PM |
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my 3rd grader hs had 4 hour math classes for three weeks. some kids |
seabeyond |
Apr-11-07 07:19 PM |
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Tell me about it |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:22 PM |
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Wait a minute |
pirhana |
Apr-11-07 07:26 PM |
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A lot of things have changed in the last couple of years as school |
AnotherMother4Peace |
Apr-11-07 08:16 PM |
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Most special ed kids take the same test all the non-disabled kids take |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:24 PM |
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You are lucky |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:23 PM |
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I guess we have been lucky that way |
pirhana |
Apr-11-07 11:45 PM |
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This is why Randi calls it "No Child's Behind Left". |
KamaAina |
Apr-11-07 08:58 PM |
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My Sister, An Educator, Calls It "No Child Left Anything But Debt" |
maggiegault |
Apr-12-07 12:55 AM |
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No Child Left a Dime |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:16 AM |
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Amen. A-fucking-MEN. NCLB is just another way of pushing education that can discriminate |
blondeatlast |
Apr-11-07 09:10 PM |
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Yep, discrimination against their idea of perfection is the goal with |
Ilsa |
Apr-11-07 09:36 PM |
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You are welcome |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:26 PM |
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I despise this testing shit. I despise the person who thought of it. |
lonestarnot |
Apr-11-07 09:10 PM |
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That would cause the schools to fail |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:28 PM |
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NCLB is a complete fraud and has been since its beginning. |
specimenfred1984 |
Apr-11-07 09:14 PM |
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Yes and Rod Paige should be in jail for fraud. |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:29 PM |
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K&R from this mom of an elementary special ed child with psych issues. nt |
Ilsa |
Apr-11-07 09:26 PM |
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Bless you. Parents of children w/special needs are Saints in my book. |
AnotherMother4Peace |
Apr-11-07 09:32 PM |
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Thanks. I wish I'd had a choice in being a saint. I'd rather have been |
Ilsa |
Apr-11-07 09:40 PM |
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Amen to that. I get to spend all day with these kids |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:36 PM |
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Bless you |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:34 PM |
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I have a question for you, then. |
Heywoodj |
Apr-11-07 09:28 PM |
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People have been caught and lost their jobs over cheating. |
Ilsa |
Apr-11-07 09:38 PM |
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Thanks |
Heywoodj |
Apr-11-07 09:42 PM |
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I'd lose my job |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:38 PM |
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A terminally ill kid had to take the test?!?! Are you SERIES?!?! |
kath |
Apr-11-07 09:41 PM |
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No the terminally ill kid was too sick to take the test |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:39 PM |
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An interesting experience with this testing business |
windbreeze |
Apr-11-07 10:20 PM |
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No each state sets their own testing window |
proud2Blib |
Apr-11-07 10:41 PM |
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Thanks...ours will next week...n/t |
windbreeze |
Apr-11-07 11:20 PM |
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Stupidity and insanity have found true homes under Republican rule. |
IsItJustMe |
Apr-11-07 10:37 PM |
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k&r, NCLB must go. |
uppityperson |
Apr-11-07 10:49 PM |
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I feel horrible about the test requirements, but can't help but ask what is happening |
mzmolly |
Apr-11-07 10:51 PM |
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Already addressed this point |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:18 AM |
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Sorry, given I know many parents with kids who qualify for special ed |
mzmolly |
Apr-12-07 11:15 AM |
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I was referring to kids with mental illnesses |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 11:35 AM |
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I emailed |
Irishonly |
Apr-11-07 10:54 PM |
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No I don't mind at all |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:20 AM |
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Is there any way you could list thse kids as homeschooled or |
mycritters2 |
Apr-11-07 10:56 PM |
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No. |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:23 AM |
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NCLB |
epppie |
Apr-12-07 03:55 AM |
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Welcome to DU! |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:23 AM |
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Up for renewal, and: |
LWolf |
Apr-12-07 08:07 AM |
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I got a notice to attend a NCLB protest in the next week or so |
sfexpat2000 |
Apr-12-07 08:55 AM |
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The need worker bees for their economy |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 11:45 AM |
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Yeah. They don't want to turn out any more people like US. |
sfexpat2000 |
Apr-12-07 02:09 PM |
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Welcome to the war on public education |
lapislzi |
Apr-12-07 08:16 AM |
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You should be testifying to Congress about this. |
cryingshame |
Apr-12-07 08:28 AM |
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I called my congressman |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 11:41 AM |
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I find it preposterous that the Bush Administration |
Scriptor Ignotus |
Apr-12-07 09:43 AM |
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kick! n/t |
orleans |
Apr-12-07 11:52 AM |
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kick |
alyce douglas |
Apr-12-07 01:07 PM |
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You all know that none other than NEIL BUSH (yes, W's BROTHER) profits from NCLB, right? |
NEOBuckeye |
Apr-12-07 01:17 PM |
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Yes thanks for sharing one of the little known factoids about this |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:25 PM |
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NCLB must go! |
mdmc |
Apr-12-07 02:11 PM |
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I wonder if the solution might not be massive, nationwide resistance to |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-12-07 02:46 PM |
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I had no idea that this No Child thing had such strick rules and |
lyonn |
Apr-12-07 03:24 PM |
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You are welcome |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:26 PM |
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That system is incredibly screwed up... |
rumpel |
Apr-12-07 03:31 PM |
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It's a special ed class |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:27 PM |
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I understand |
rumpel |
Apr-13-07 04:50 AM |
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I can't really say |
proud2Blib |
Apr-13-07 11:11 PM |
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Can these kids be temporarily "transferred" from the school. |
philosophie_en_rose |
Apr-12-07 04:13 PM |
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It's messed up, that's for sure |
proud2Blib |
Apr-12-07 07:29 PM |
#126 |
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