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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (35914)	5/29/2003 10:36:04 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

LOL! A "testocracy"?? Imagine making the poor dears actually work toward an objective benchmark.....the horror!!!

To: sandintoes who wrote (35914)	5/30/2003 4:29:54 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

sandintoes, Just to illustrate how ignorant the students are that failed the FCAT, a group of them were holding picket signs on a street corner in protest. One of the signs said, "shame on Busch". She must have liked her beer more than spelling class. Another sign said, "band the FCAT". Now if someone doesn't know the difference between "band", and "ban", they don't deserve to graduate grade school, much less high school. Most of these teenagers were white, but the black, and hispanic, mothers are up in arms about their children that failed too. Since less than 2% of the students tested failed, there is no excuse for any protests. There are some dumb kids, smart kids, and in between kids. There are just some politicians, or local leaders, that are looking for any excuse to cry "racism". If a black person slipped on a wet sidewalk, they would blame it on racism.

To: sandintoes who wrote (35914)	5/30/2003 7:47:52 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

“There’s something deeper here,” said Siplin. “I want to see the test suspended until we can figure out why these kids are flunking.” I guess the democrats would say the education system is under funded. g We need more teachers, smaller class sizes (you would think they are smaller now since the kids don't attend class).

To: sandintoes who wrote (35914)	5/30/2003 1:56:13 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59480

UFB. Weren't standardized tests supposed to be the cure for failing school systems by forcing them to TEACH something? I seem to recall that. Now it turns out that those who don't give a d**n don't learn anything and flunk. Surprise. "Culturally biased". A large part of what is taught in schools is culture. Things seemingly as objective and unbiased as physics and math have cultural assumptions about their worth behind them. If you live in a primitive societyh, you are taught how to make a hole in the ground with a stick to put a seed into. If you live in a more advanced society, you may learn Maxwell's equations and Shakespeare. But all that is taught is influenced by and part of a culture.