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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5607)	6/20/2003 2:02:11 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Actually the students aren't tested on "reading" per se, but on "reading comprehension" which is reasoning. They read a short essay and then are tested on their ability to comprehend the argument or the facts presented. I've often thought that it would be useful for students to be taught elementary symbolic logic, as well as formal logic, as soon as they can comprehend it. Most useful classes I ever took. When I was a kid we used to get Scholastic newspaper in school, which had little reasoning/reading comprehension tests and we had to take the tests every time the new issue came out - I think it was once a week. Another big thing is vocabulary. Oh, and grammar. I don't think very many schools teach how to diagram sentences anymore. My tenth grade English teacher was a bear on diagramming sentences.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5607)	6/20/2003 2:19:01 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

My school district spends $7,500 per year per student. One teacher or teacher's aid for every 5 students and still we have graduates who can't figure the change for a $10 on a $5 purchase. Worse, a friend taught his senior son how to do square roots with a pencil and paper because his son want's to be an engineer and the school only showed them how to do them on a calculator. My friend got called in to the principal's office and the principal threatened to expel his son if he taught him anything that wasn't covered in class.