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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:25:41 GMT, "toypup"
wrote: "Herman Rubin" wrote in message ... Some people have complained that certain courses get grades above 4.0. This is to get "straight A" students to take the honors courses instead of the weak stuff; the honors courses are still lower level than the regular college preparatory program before WWII. How do you know that? That's been Herman's mantra ever since I started posting on misc.education. He believes this, but since his evidence is barely anecdotal, I don't think his opinion is valid. Imo, the honors and ap courses my children took were quite rigorous. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
Dave L. Renfro wrote:
Raving Beauty wrote (in part): I PLAYED THE GAME long enough to get straight A's to graduate HS with honors, and gain admission and graduate with honors from a first rate University, --then, gain admission to an exclusive grad school, then, obtain my professional credentials, etc. I don't understand how making vague and non-specific claims about your background is supposed to carry any weight. I can appreciate you not wanting your personal information archived in usenet posts for anyone to see, now or several years from now. However, you should realize that in this situation all we have to go on is what you post. And frankly, your posts do not provide very much support for the statements you made above. The only reason I'm bothering to say this is because I was reading this thread and, all of a sudden, you jumped on nimue's back for no reason at all. Thanks. Man, this ng is incredible! I have never been so supported in my life. To be honest, I thought you were a teenage troll at first, but your posting record suggests otherwise (in this regard, at least). Dave L. Renfro -- nimue "As an unwavering Republican, I have quite naturally burned more books than I have read." Betty Bowers English is our friend. We don't have to fight it. Oprah |
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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
Quoting a self-acknowledged member of the teaching profession,
anonymously posting into a public Usenet group. nimue wrote: I didn't vote for those ... ... assholes .... ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) ξ:Ð*) .... nor, I suspect, did any of my colleagues. Thank you. ... That made my day. Cordially, Raving |
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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
Raving wrote:
Quoting a self-acknowledged member of the teaching profession, anonymously posting into a public Usenet group. Uh, it's kind of well known that teachers as a whole do not vote Republican. It's hardly shocking news. nimue wrote: I didn't vote for those ... ... assholes .... ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) ?:?) .... nor, I suspect, did any of my colleagues. Thank you. ... That made my day. Cordially, Raving -- nimue "As an unwavering Republican, I have quite naturally burned more books than I have read." Betty Bowers English is our friend. We don't have to fight it. Oprah |
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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:41:22 -0400, Bob LeChevalier
wrote: "Linda Gore" wrote: There is NO chance that persons who had to sacrifice EVERYTHING, most especially their conscience and morals, just to get their degrees, then get and keep their teaching license are not going to make damn sure their students are forced to make the same damn sacrifices. Feel free to not play the game. Feel free to starve. Rarely will someone pay you for doing what you want instead of what they want. That's life. Live with it. Except that many of the people who don't play the game, make their own rules, start their own businesses and do very well. Others drop out of the *game* and live differently, but well by their own standards even though they are not *employed* in jobs that require them to play political games. Admittedly, not everyone can manage this, but we should be creating more opportunities for people to follow their true dreams, imo. lojbab -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:31:57 GMT, "toypup"
wrote: Who cares? What matters is what they learn, and even more important, what they understand. I have to agree here. I did not always show up to class in college. As long as I understood the material, I was fine studying at home. If I was having difficulty, then I would attend class to help clarify the material. I would like to see high schools allowing this, but because they are set up to be *in loco parentis,* they really cannot do so. By the teenage years, we should be giving students more and more freedom to actually learn with or without being *in* the classroom. Most high school kids will not learn without being in class, but we really can't compel them to learn even if they are in their seats. What is needed is an intrinsic motivation toward learning. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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Seeking straight A's, parents push for pills
"nimue" wrote in message ... toypup wrote: "Herman Rubin" wrote in message Showing up to class every day? Who cares? What matters is what they learn, and even more important, what they understand. I have to agree here. I did not always show up to class in college. As long as I understood the material, I was fine studying at home. If I was having difficulty, then I would attend class to help clarify the material. Well, I am talking about high school, middle school, and grade school. Those kids should show up every day. I think you should in college, too, but I can see an argument there. When it comes to high school, middle school and grade school, I do agree the kids should show up everyday, unless there is a good reason not to. |
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