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Mon Dec-05-11 06:43 PM
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| 17. This is the type of test that places you on the slopes of bunny math |
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when you apply to go back to college. I took all the math from there on up and got all As and Bs and I got my B.A. However I don't remember the important equations at all and only use the math I need in my life.
If however, I took this test as a tenth grader, I would have quit school sooner and I would have never gone back.
Some people live and breath math, others like me, are mathematically challenged.
I am an artist and a writer, and I respect the miracle of the human development of numbers greatly, and I get how the recognition of a pattern and an equation can simplify complex procedures, however, all these new "tests" are given too much significance.
In modern education there has to be a compromise between stiff and arbitrary tests and kid spoiling molly-coddling. The pendulum has to swing back a bit, and while they are at it keep politics and religion OUT of school management and back into history and social studies !!!
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| -Successful adult takes—and bombs—10th grade standardized test |
kpete |
Dec-05-11 05:58 PM |
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i am tellin ya... this shit is hard. my kids are working their ass off, doing way more than we |
seabeyond |
Dec-05-11 06:07 PM |
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I teach 1st year college students. And while they may be able to take a test |
TalkingDog |
Dec-05-11 06:25 PM |
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He really gets to the heart of the problem |
csziggy |
Dec-05-11 06:32 PM |
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i have been hearing the argument about critical thinking since my generation. |
seabeyond |
Dec-05-11 07:04 PM |
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I keep catching myself on this point. |
Igel |
Dec-05-11 07:32 PM |
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That is the logical and inevitable outcome of teaching to the test. |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-06-11 10:49 AM |
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Didn't know a single tenth grade math problem and wants to blame the school system.. |
Bandit |
Dec-05-11 06:07 PM |
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I'm shocked he only got a 62 on reading! |
sammytko |
Dec-05-11 06:41 PM |
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That it has. |
Igel |
Dec-05-11 07:11 PM |
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If they want them to learn math, they have to have a real math teacher at an earlier age |
sammytko |
Dec-05-11 07:25 PM |
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Interesting. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Dec-05-11 06:07 PM |
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K & R !!! |
WillyT |
Dec-05-11 06:26 PM |
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There are some people that simply "suck" at math |
etherealtruth |
Dec-05-11 06:26 PM |
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Read the article |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-05-11 06:35 PM |
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I did .... |
etherealtruth |
Dec-05-11 06:49 PM |
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He has a B.S. degree |
Sgent |
Dec-05-11 06:52 PM |
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Look up the requiremnets for a B.S. with a major in Psychology |
etherealtruth |
Dec-05-11 08:02 PM |
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BS in Political Science with College Algebra and Statistics |
TheKentuckian |
Dec-05-11 08:16 PM |
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When I decided to return to grad school |
Coyote_Bandit |
Dec-05-11 06:32 PM |
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why did you have to take a math placement test if you already had a degree? |
sammytko |
Dec-05-11 06:44 PM |
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I had to take the placement test because |
Coyote_Bandit |
Dec-06-11 10:19 AM |
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I graded some standardized |
femrap |
Dec-05-11 06:34 PM |
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Better fire all of his teachers. And get rid of their union too. |
Starry Messenger |
Dec-05-11 06:37 PM |
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Did he study for it specifically? |
treestar |
Dec-05-11 06:39 PM |
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We took a 6th grade test when I was in grad school |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-05-11 06:40 PM |
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Standardized tests are highly predictive |
gratuitous |
Dec-05-11 06:40 PM |
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There are two possible take-aways. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-05-11 06:40 PM |
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c) the test sucks |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-05-11 06:42 PM |
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d) Education across this nation is inconsistent to a fault, and has been for quite some time. |
darkstar3 |
Dec-05-11 07:33 PM |
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e) Standardized test scores don't measure how well we educate kids |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-05-11 08:48 PM |
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This is the type of test that places you on the slopes of bunny math |
Mojeoux |
Dec-05-11 06:43 PM |
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i got stellar results on the sat way back in '80, but i seriously doubt i'd do the same today. |
unblock |
Dec-05-11 06:48 PM |
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Here is link to the released TX TAKS tests. |
sammytko |
Dec-05-11 06:53 PM |
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You know, when I open a maths test, and see a chart telling me 1 week is 7 days |
muriel_volestrangler |
Dec-05-11 08:31 PM |
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Well, kids might think 5 days, - the length of the school week?? |
sammytko |
Dec-06-11 06:43 AM |
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If a 10th grader is sitting a math test, and needs |
muriel_volestrangler |
Dec-06-11 08:12 AM |
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Pretty sure its just easier to just keep that in there when they |
sammytko |
Dec-06-11 08:14 AM |
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I believe the teachers and students are working very hard |
dballance |
Dec-05-11 06:56 PM |
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Without seeing the test it's really impossible to tell what's going on.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-05-11 06:59 PM |
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No reasonable person can infer anything from this story. |
Dreamer Tatum |
Dec-05-11 07:00 PM |
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Of course we don't mandate testing in history or civics... |
ellisonz |
Dec-05-11 08:00 PM |
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And now for your amusement... (and to kick this OP) |
riderinthestorm |
Dec-05-11 08:16 PM |
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That's hilarious, and all too human.. Thanks.. n/t |
Fumesucker |
Dec-06-11 06:08 AM |
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wrong thread. lol. wow. nt |
seabeyond |
Dec-05-11 08:24 PM |
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He should have studied. |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-05-11 08:49 PM |
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That 22,000 employee organization he helps oversee is the school district, right? |
sammytko |
Dec-05-11 09:29 PM |
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He didn't rise to that position of awesome responsibility by his wits? |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-05-11 11:17 PM |
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I think he believes he is - maybe that's what happens - lol! |
sammytko |
Dec-06-11 06:40 AM |
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It's not unusual to forget a lot of what you learn in school |
RZM |
Dec-05-11 09:42 PM |
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Aren't we taking his word for it that he made a good faith full effort? |
eridani |
Dec-06-11 06:01 AM |
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What I find scary is that a guy with a SCIENCE degree can't answer a single math question. |
Odin2005 |
Dec-06-11 06:56 AM |
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my school offers: |
sammytko |
Dec-06-11 08:01 AM |
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try this; take Calculous I & II. go ten or twenty years without doing calculous. then go try some |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 08:31 AM |
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Certainly calls into question the value of the education. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-06-11 09:28 AM |
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not so much.. if you learn something in school but don't end up using it in regular life, you're |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 09:40 AM |
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If you learn something in school but don't end up using it in regular life, you've wasted your time. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-06-11 10:13 AM |
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does that mean they shouldn't teach history? or that you never need to take a science course unless |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 11:50 AM |
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People need to know history to be effective citizens. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-06-11 01:40 PM |
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i can easily see that. it's been 14 years since i've taken a math course. while i'm sure i could |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 08:28 AM |
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But do you forget how to read? He made a 62 on that section. |
sammytko |
Dec-06-11 09:26 AM |
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yeah, he sucked. what's your point? |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 09:43 AM |
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In las vegas some years ago (when little boots was pres.) |
newspeak |
Dec-06-11 09:36 AM |
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I think it would be rash to comment without seeing the test and the answers. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Dec-06-11 09:43 AM |
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Math past elementary is linked to reading skills. |
immoderate |
Dec-06-11 09:56 AM |
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