Reply #89: the young man didn't bother w. all the essays, homework, classes in the first case

[pitohui]

c'mon, we have all attended school, and we all know that taking a standardized multiple choice test w. questions you just check off is the VERY EASIEST thing you ever get to do in school, other than eat lunch

hell, eating lunch is tougher at some schools, where there's a bully culture

i don't believe this kid did his own homework, there simply isn't way it's possible that a kid who can't check off an a, b, c, d answer can write ESSAYS

i know several functional illiterates, the white ones all had decent grades -- one of them has a college degree and certifications, for that matter, we know in our soul that dubya is a functional illiterate, barely able to read the goat story, and he attended freakin' yale!!!! there are too many work arounds and too many teachers who will let the work arounds work

that, sadly, is one of the reasons these tests became popular in the first place

"homework" is done by others for pay or for favors or threats, bad results on classroom tests are explained away with a cute smile and a "i'm a white middle class kid so i'm auto-entitled to a B" and so on

if you've ever been involved in teaching, you would know how it works if you're honest with yourself