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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:18 AM Original message |
New mandatory grading standards in Dallas. Have they lost their minds?? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know where to start |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. WTF? take 2 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. the continual dumbing down of AmeriKKKa |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. I never really thought that the movie "Idiocracy" would actually become real... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Are you kidding? It's a documentary practically. nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Meh.. Go have a Vitamin Water(tm) and relax |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. I can't believe I'm reading this |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I would have had to quit teaching. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Not me. I would LIVE for the day I got to say "OK, good luck on those SAT's" |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, when Bush said No Child Left Behind... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. i would have resigned the day I was given those regulations n/t |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. just, wow... |
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lilymidnite (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. Raising a whole new generation of BushBots |
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CatsDogsBabies (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is too much extra work for teachers |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. DISD is about to have fewer teachers, the board meets this afternoon to declare |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. We may see a lot of kids getting 1% on assignments. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. *May*? ;-> nt |
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WindRiverMan (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. This explains why Texas is a red state. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. i dont know if this is knee jerk reaction from posters or actually think about it, BUT |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I taught and I thought it through. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. i am now running off to meet principal of kids school to chat with her about ects... she did for |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No problem. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
16. Gee, any responsible parent would put their kid in a private school |
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Ranting_Wacko (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
17. As a Dallas native... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Only the rich kids get to go to college. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Hey, Ranting_Wacko! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. As another Dallas native... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is why one third of college students need remedial classes. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is why I homeschool - that and the public school's "drug your child if he/she |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. That's about what we have here at the university I work for. You know everybody must now have |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Dallas is also cutting 750 teaching potions... |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. I agree with #4. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. Another reason why many people are giving up on teaching.. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. I was driving out in a rural area the other day |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. The only difference between this and current policy in public schools |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. The retake and keeping the higher grade |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
35. Raising the next generation of low-information voter. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. Expect it to be applied in white, well-to-do neighborhoods. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
37. Creating a group that is completely unprepared for the real world |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That is the truth. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. Takes almost all the incentive from a student to succeed. Why bother? After |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. Looks like they're trying to get around NCLB. n/t |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. the dumbing down of America continues!!!! |
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