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Wed Apr-11-07 06:24 PM
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| 19. Our district refused all Title I funding for its high schools |
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so they would not be penalized for poor test scores.
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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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