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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:52 AM Original message |
Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. If the Chinese can get along without a past tense, then so can we. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Right on! Our kids need more instruction on living in the present! |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is an outrage! |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. NCLB purpose is to kill off public schools |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. As someone who spends her life |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I suppose |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. There is no longer a need for a past tense or history classes. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. i love the onion |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wish I could've attended that. If I didn't know the past tense, maybe |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wait.. I thought the Onion was satire... why are they reporting realistic things? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Actually, this satire mirrors what we are dealing with so well, |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. If nothing changes by the time I'm ready to have kids, I think I'm gonna have to leave the country. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm a teacher. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You get shot out of a cannon, and left with your head stuck in the sand, your bum on fire... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. I love the Onion. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. This got moved from the lounge to GD? An Onion piece? |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Keep commenting! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Hell, keep it kicked and we'll get it on MSNBC |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Actually, |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. More input for discussion ... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. This is an interesting article. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I understand your concern about national standards |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I've worked in 2 different states |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Your points on high standards and expectations are great. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Good decision. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. While reading, |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Sometimes life is too close to the Onion, isn't it? |
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