tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16866864.post5443298865777582652..comments2023-10-07T01:12:56.846-07:00Comments on It really is a dog's life.: A wee little rantLogophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16866864.post-84797785433377661062012-10-16T22:24:40.239-07:002012-10-16T22:24:40.239-07:00Lime~ Thank you!
Cooper~ GAH!Lime~ Thank you! <br /><br />Cooper~ GAH!Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16866864.post-62353053217558641312012-10-15T16:26:45.145-07:002012-10-15T16:26:45.145-07:00whats you're point?whats you're point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16866864.post-89673699573153051572012-10-14T16:11:37.515-07:002012-10-14T16:11:37.515-07:00you have hit upon some of the problems with which ...you have hit upon some of the problems with which i agree. another MAJOR issue is the over emphasis on testing mandated by NCLB in order for schools to make this absurd thing called adequate yearly progress. it all sounds very nice until you understand what it actually requires. every student in every school to be proficient on these tests. perhaps in a closed system with students who all fall from the top of the bell curve down to the end on the side above average but you're not gogin to have a severely autistic child pass some absurd standardized test. you're also not going to have some immigrant kid who just moved to the US and doesnt even speak english pass either. doesn't mean the immigrant is unintelligent but how well would you do on a test given in mandarin chinese? yeah.<br /><br />so we have curricula being absolutely gutted to make time to for test prep, which is really just "this is how the test works, this is how you pass it." and this is because if a school doesn't make AYP for so many years they lose funding and students can transfer elsewhere. it's an absurd system. and as you've pointed out...it's not the students fault if they fail...it's the teachers'....as far as the government is concerned. it doesn't matter if the kids who fail come form homes where there is no supervision, no expectation that they do homework, no consequences for poor behavior in school, perhaps not enough money to buy food so the kids are hungry, and the list goes on.<br /><br />and then there are charter schools. let me tell you, people think they are so much better...but guess what, they get higher ratings because like private schools, they don't have to admit anyone they don't want...but public schools do. and let me tell you, i have seen some charter school curricula...and it sucked.<br /><br />yeah, don't start me...oops...too late.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.com