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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:14 PM Original message |
Is our children learning? Nope: Albuquerque Journal prints unedited middle-school letters |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've never heard of a Middle School that was functionally successful. nt |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. your kidding right?? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Good! |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I thought middle schools were about sexual development. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I am a professional educator. nt |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Physician, heal thyself. |
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loser_user (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Oh who the hell needs algebra when |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. middle school is where i conditioned my parents to think a 'C' was ok |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. I saw stuff like this as a college tutor. Face it, |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'd love to hear from a middle-school teacher about this |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Why the need to blame everything on video games? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You are correct about that, but the key is moderation |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. I'm not a mid-school teacher, but I would think it could be both. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. It's both... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Describing, at a high level, what the Grade Inflation of the last 20+ years in public education |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I'll second that motion; if you can get them to enjoy reading, to read regularly, and to read a |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm around college students all day. |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Is that part of the reason you're "Captain Angry"? |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I can be intense some times, that's where I picked up that nickname. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I was offered a business job in college because I was an English major. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I'm sure you would have gone beyond assistant had you pursued it. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Great point. Why pay when you don't have to. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Jobs don't have to be created for English majors. |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. English majors can do anything. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I figured that's what you meant! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. It would do it to me if I had to face it full time! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. you rewrite them? why not make the authors rewrite them? nt |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I want an A. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's why I always hated group projects |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. This was my experience too. |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. A few things. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, that'll teach those kids to participate in anything having to do with |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Horrible. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Too much texting |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. 4 sum REEzun, TXTing lyk th1s is OLL th rAge now. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. As a 6th - 8th grade teacher, |
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