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To: Dealer who wrote (52433)	5/31/2002 1:59:03 AM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 65232

This from the same county that couldn't punch a hole in a ballot........remember the home of the CHAD...........What a joke.... Fla. County Makes '23' a Passing Grade Florida County's New History Exam for High Schoolers Makes 23 Percent a Passing Grade WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. May 30 — You can get three-quarters of the answers wrong and still pass this test. Palm Beach County high school students taking a new history exam this week need to answer just 23 of 100 multiple-choice questions correctly to pass. To get an A, they need to get just over half the answers right. A B grade requires only 39 correct answers. The new final exam for American and world history classes was developed by school district officials to ensure students learn state- required lessons that include history about women, Africans, African-Americans and the Holocaust. The 100-question test, specific to Palm Beach County, replaces individual final exams that teachers create themselves. The district, which recommended the grading scale, sent letters to schools giving them the option to use it on the new test. Many said they will, while teachers in some schools said the issue hasn't yet been discussed. It will be for this year only. But some teachers were concerned about the low passing scale. "I don't think if you administer a valid test and a kid misses half of the questions, that they should pass," said Thomas O'Brien, a social studies teacher at Lake Worth High School. School board member Debra Robinson, who introduced the idea of using a standardized history exam last fall, said she accepts the grading scale this year, because it's the first time the district is using the exam. Final exams are worth 20 percent of a student's grade.

To: Dealer who wrote (52433)	5/31/2002 2:58:17 AM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Would love to have anyone's opinion...... when i was seven years old i hada bad stummuk ache. i wished for someone else's stummuk... anyone's. is something wrong with your opinion? i'd say just keep the one you have. it'll probably feel better tomorrow. JMHO -polvie

To: Dealer who wrote (52433)	5/31/2002 6:55:06 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Deali, I started to tell you why I wanted your opinion.....but I will not......now! You must have read my rude comment about the french and changed your mind. I had forgotten you went by the name "Dame Dealier". Obviously you must have come from South France. <vbg> Jus' funnin' of course. As far as the Micro Book goes, I have several opinions. I may not be the best to ask because I have only cozied up to approximately 5 novels in my life time. <ng> Wifey, on the otherhand, has read thousands. However, I do love gadgets, so I'd probably buy one if they were cheap enough. What I'd want would for it to be light weight (which it appears to be) and not give off a glare from the screen when reading. Perhaps it doesn't give off a glare. I read more technical books and nonfiction. Actually I look at magazines most. Probably only read a handful of articles. I mostly only look at pictures. Can this gadget reproduce color photographs? Or diagrams? Are you looking to buy one? Or are you looking into investing in the company? Is so, you should see what makes their's better than others. Do they have a lock on the patent for the encryption? Something sticks in my mind that GMST was involved with some sort of mini book device, also. Here's what I love about the technology... -It uses electrons rather than trees. -It won't clog up all of my book shelves even more than they already are. -It's material is efficiently reproduced and delivered. -It still allows the author to receive a royalty without getting ripped off by users of Napster-like services. Perhaps the only thing I don't like about it is that it appears that once you've read the material, you cannot turn around and resell it to someone like I can with my used books. It seems like the type of technology that would boom. I'd check the GMST thread or Uncle Frank and ask if they have been selling many of them. If not why? BTW, If I was the owner of the company, I'd enable it to print in every possibly language, except for french. <vbg> -ClappiLePue