tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post5388921421515790163..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-91345563481178135382015-04-14T08:39:34.982-04:002015-04-14T08:39:34.982-04:00Jersey, while Ithere is validity in your remark ab...Jersey, while Ithere is validity in your remark about conservatives and the decline of the middle class the subject issue, cheating, faking it, unearned promotion, sub par teaching, really should be discussed and viewed as a ethical issue. It is wrong to cheat, it is unethical to promote a student when unearned, and it does send the wrong message to students; that it okay to fake it and to accept unearned recognition. <br /><br />The quality of Our future as a nation competing in the global economic environment depends on the quality of the educarion and experiences our <br />youth are exposed to.<br /><br />FreeThinke is right. it is abd should be a "Big Deal". Whether you're a liberal or a consevative.<br /><br />BTW Jersey, anger alone will not solve this very real problem.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20284024983394549182015-04-14T08:31:05.613-04:002015-04-14T08:31:05.613-04:00Jersey: What have conservatives done? Homeschool...Jersey: What have conservatives done? Homeschooling and school vouchers. Two ideas that provide escape and hope for parents with children trapped in crummy, government-union schools. <br /><br />Equality to leftists like you is that we all are equally miserable in a government shit-filled toilet swirling downward (except for the liberal elites, who send their kids to private schools)<br /><br />You're all a bunch of red-assed hypocrites.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-22359599279059892002015-04-14T08:13:48.972-04:002015-04-14T08:13:48.972-04:00FT,
Not to mention the impact on the students'...FT,<br />Not to mention the impact on the students' themselves! They, no doubt, got pass on -- lacking the necessary skills for the next level. At some point, they must have reached a level and <b>failed</b> precisely because of the collusion to cheat, that collusion being on the part of the administration and teachers previously in charge.<br /><br />I wonder if any of the students committed suicide? I actually know a student who did just that, and his suicide note excoriated the education system. He had been passed on a social basis through high school, thought that he could handle college, and failed miserably.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-19134177352365963342015-04-14T08:09:33.549-04:002015-04-14T08:09:33.549-04:00The falsification of students' scores impacts ...The falsification of students' scores impacts the subsequent teachers and schools.<br /><br />I've had something like that happen to me when the teacher of the previous grade sent to me some 30 students <b>not equipped</b> to handle the curriculum I was required to teach. An entire class of remedial students! I had to revamp entirely the plan for the year! I got the job done for reading and math, but had to toss aside the science and history courses.<br /><br />Falsifying students' scores is malpractice of education, IMO.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28599024149303418452015-04-14T07:56:39.406-04:002015-04-14T07:56:39.406-04:00Jersey, you've avoided addressing the point of...Jersey, you've avoided addressing the point of the article. Do you REALLY think it's "no big deal" that a huge number teachers and administrators COLLUDED to DECEIVE the pubic and their ostensible "bosses" into believing they were achieving worthwhile goals in education when in fact they were not?<br /><br /><b>If children and adolescents are permitted to FAKE their WAY to promotion and graduation, because teachers are unable or unwilling to TEACH them anything worth knowing, that means that taxpayer funded "education" in that particular district is a FARCE –– a SHAM –– a FRAUD.</b><br /><br />I can't see anything that could be MORE of a "Big Deal" than THAT, frankly.<br /><br /><b>Why do YOU feel we should dismiss this very real concern so lightly?</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-23782279645802630042015-04-14T07:19:56.765-04:002015-04-14T07:19:56.765-04:00§;-D=§;-D=FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-27715082210238006142015-04-14T07:14:59.918-04:002015-04-14T07:14:59.918-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.A Republican New Yorker with a Brainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-15689151377177892182015-04-13T23:46:56.009-04:002015-04-13T23:46:56.009-04:00LOL! What the f'n hell have any conservatives...LOL! What the f'n hell have any conservatives ever done, Silver? You stupid cons destroyed the middle class and then complained the schools weren't working anymore. You're cannibals. History will record today's American conservatives as cannibals of the American Dream. Useless.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-57281841496272062112015-04-13T20:39:23.108-04:002015-04-13T20:39:23.108-04:00We need more affirmative action, obviously white f...We need more affirmative action, obviously white folk are being excluded.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-78692822000628504112015-04-13T18:40:08.845-04:002015-04-13T18:40:08.845-04:00Another government failure, wasting money, cheatin...Another government failure, wasting money, cheating society and letting our children down...<br /><br />Nothing to see here folks, avert your eyes, move along<br /><br /><br />Jersey: YOU and people like you are what's wrong with AmericaSilverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28748732999752837392015-04-13T16:43:40.742-04:002015-04-13T16:43:40.742-04:00Ado about nothing. Of all the problems our educat...Ado about nothing. Of all the problems our educators face with our poor kids today, this is about the least I can think of. They should have gotten a slap on the wrist.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11461546374460892952015-04-13T10:11:50.179-04:002015-04-13T10:11:50.179-04:00Our children's education is too important to b...Our children's education is too important to be left in the clumsy, corrupt hands of government bureaucrats.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-21102559707172179742015-04-13T09:01:56.730-04:002015-04-13T09:01:56.730-04:00ALL that matters, is that you keep on kissing it.ALL that matters, is that you keep on kissing it.Joe Cameltoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189167962738394522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-86658077383762804612015-04-13T08:52:40.200-04:002015-04-13T08:52:40.200-04:00In America, and the World, its become all about ki...In America, and the World, its become all about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2j5A6b9cFM" rel="nofollow">kissing the gatekeepers ring</a>!Joe Cameltoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189167962738394522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49721711247830448782015-04-13T08:49:45.876-04:002015-04-13T08:49:45.876-04:00Remember Truth or Consequences? So what happens t...Remember Truth or Consequences? So what happens to the former when you remove the latter? Oh well...Joe Cameltoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189167962738394522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-29688015737838527072015-04-13T07:45:21.018-04:002015-04-13T07:45:21.018-04:00So, most of these who cheated were not charged.
...So, most of these who cheated were not charged. <br /><br />What message does this lack of having to face consequences send to children today?<br /><br />Cheating by altering grade averages and test scores in today's education system is <b>rampant</b>? Even in private schools. At one private school at which I worked, the grades submitted by the teachers were "bumped up" by the school's directors. We teachers had no control over the averages on the report card.<br /><br />Furthermore, we were <b>forbidden</b> to give any student below a <i>B</i> -- because a <i>C</i> or lower "would negatively impact the students' applications" to the local magnet school. For the 1996-1997 school term, I worked one year at that school because of the contract I had to sign to get the teaching job, then walked away. Best-paid job I ever had -- with full benefits, too!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com