/dev/null Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576385370840592218.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
The Senator Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Whew! I'm safe - scored a 6/6. (I always take the test, if it's included, just to make sure I'm not as dumb as the kids included in the sample.) In other encouraging news, Buffalo's own 4-year H.S. graduation rate dropped another 6 points, and now stands at 47.4%... Link - Graduation rate drops for Buffalo high schools
DC Tom Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 only 35% of fourth-graders knew the purpose of the Declaration of Independence IT'S THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT, YOU LITTLE PEZ-HEADS!
shrader Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 IT'S THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT, YOU LITTLE PEZ-HEADS! I wonder if there might be a bit of a reading comprehension thing in this one too. I wonder how many kids are going to bother to read through all of those questions that were a bit longer. But either way, there's definitely a lack of teaching involved here. I realized while reading the first line in that article that I was never taught a single thing about the Korean War at any point when I was in school. I guess that means there's a decent change I might have gotten the Korean War too (well, if not for a bit of common sense).
CowgirlsFan Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Whew! I'm safe - scored a 6/6. (I always take the test, if it's included, just to make sure I'm not as dumb as the kids included in the sample.) In other encouraging news, Buffalo's own 4-year H.S. graduation rate dropped another 6 points, and now stands at 47.4%... Link - Graduation rate drops for Buffalo high schools Whew! Me too...6/6.
DrDawkinstein Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 No Child Left Behind = "Pass them all if you want to get funding. Dont worry if they actually learn anything". One of the worst things to happen to our education system.
The Senator Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 No Child Left Behind = "Pass them all if you want to get funding. Dont worry if they actually learn anything". One of the worst things to happen to our education system. Apparently the Buffalo School District did not get that memo... Buffalo's embattled schools took another hit Tuesday, as the system's already low high school graduation rate dipped almost 6 percentage points last June to below 50 percent...Across the state, the overall graduation rate improved slightly, with 73.4 percent of the students who started ninth grade in 2006 graduating by last June, up from 71.8 percent in 2009. Buffalo enjoyed no such success. Its graduation rate dropped from 53.1 percent in 2009 to 47.4 percent last June. link
UConn James Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 "Those who remember the past are condemned to repeat it too. That's a little history joke." --- Michael Herr in "Dispatches"
DrDawkinstein Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Apparently the Buffalo School District did not get that memo... Buffalo's embattled schools took another hit Tuesday, as the system's already low high school graduation rate dipped almost 6 percentage points last June to below 50 percent...Across the state, the overall graduation rate improved slightly, with 73.4 percent of the students who started ninth grade in 2006 graduating by last June, up from 71.8 percent in 2009. Buffalo enjoyed no such success. Its graduation rate dropped from 53.1 percent in 2009 to 47.4 percent last June. link I saw that this week. Leave it to Buffalo to be the only district in the country who hasnt figured out how to cheat the system. Dont believe for one second that the education from a city school here in Atlanta, or in LA, or most other metropolitan areas is any better. The only difference is the teachers in those schools know to give the kids the test answers so they pass.
The Poojer Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 6-7 years ago I was at a party at a friends house and there was a guy sitting next to me and I was introduced to him, someone indicated he was from south korea...i wound up asking him if that was the good korea or the bad korea...it was never really something i cared to know about in my life...i watched mash and that was about it as far as my education goes on Korea...i wouldn't necessarily blame our educational system for people not knowing these kinds of things...more a general 'i will know it if it is important for me to know it' mentality. I have read stories about where edison never bothered to learn his phone number, because he knew where to find his phone number in case he ever needed it.... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576385370840592218.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
DC Tom Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 6-7 years ago I was at a party at a friends house and there was a guy sitting next to me and I was introduced to him, someone indicated he was from south korea...i wound up asking him if that was the good korea or the bad korea...it was never really something i cared to know about in my life...i watched mash and that was about it as far as my education goes on Korea...i wouldn't necessarily blame our educational system for people not knowing these kinds of things...more a general 'i will know it if it is important for me to know it' mentality. I have read stories about where edison never bothered to learn his phone number, because he knew where to find his phone number in case he ever needed it.... First of all: if you had time to learn that, you had time to learn which Korea was the "bad" one. Second: but in your defense, you didn't learn it. It's Einstein, not Edison.
The Poojer Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 i knew it was either edison or norman einstein....i picked the wrong jeanyus...and like i said...i know i learned it, but there is no way i would have said with any certainty that north was bad and south was good...mmmmkay....needless to say, there is a good chance i would have answered it incorrectly on a test.. First of all: if you had time to learn that, you had time to learn which Korea was the "bad" one. Second: but in your defense, you didn't learn it. It's Einstein, not Edison.
Nanker Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 Whew! I'm safe - scored a 6/6. (I always take the test, if it's included, just to make sure I'm not as dumb as the kids included in the sample.) In other encouraging news, Buffalo's own 4-year H.S. graduation rate dropped another 6 points, and now stands at 47.4%... Link - Graduation rate drops for Buffalo high schools Me too. Hey, if we ever have to go back to 4th grade - we'd rule. We'd RULE! 6 out of 6 correct. You too Jack. We'd make it to Harvard and beyond.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JEjXbLQOOE
Rob's House Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 i knew it was either edison or norman einstein....i picked the wrong jeanyus...and like i said...i know i learned it, but there is no way i would have said with any certainty that north was bad and south was good...mmmmkay....needless to say, there is a good chance i would have answered it incorrectly on a test.. It's Alfred Einstein, retard.
The Poojer Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 That's Ritard you Artistic SOB!!!!! It's Alfred Einstein, retard.
The Cincinnati Kid Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 That Jay Leno Jaywalking was hilarious! Thanks for posting. As a history teacher, I am just gonna play this at the start of the school year and tell my students that they need to learn this stuff so they don't get laughed at by all of Leno's viewers!
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