school:if you can't make the grade, buy it!

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

No, I'm saying: Who gives a flying fuck? They're not teaching anything useful or relevant anyway so their grades are a very moot point. Especially considering they won't fail you anyway...

I'm pretty impressed with the level of education that my kids get and the standards that they are held to. While there are a lot of schools that don't educate worth a fuck, there are some schools that are trying to develop citizens that contribute to society and encourage them to continue their education beyond high school. This school in the article is not doing us any favors though. No wonder why experts say most adults only have an 8th grade education. It's schools like this.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

When was the last time you were there?

I left Greensboro 8 yrs ago
All I remember it being was a small town next to an AFB. Nothing noteworthy. The real money in NC is elsewhere.

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by kaneman

here if you have failing grades they ask your parents "hágale quiere tener su niño atrás" if not, on you go.

Of course, since they're not teaching anything substantial failing doesn't really mean shit anyway.

ftfy

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Rider

I'm pretty impressed with the level of education that my kids get and the standards that they are held to. While there are a lot of schools that don't educate worth a fuck, there are some schools that are trying to develop citizens that contribute to society and encourage them to continue their education beyond high school. This school in the article is not doing us any favors though. No wonder why experts say most adults only have an 8th grade education. It's schools like this.

I believe a big part of the problem is preparing students to continue their education beyond high school. College just isn't going to happen for all those kids, so lets get 'em ready for the real world. You can't do that with a plethora of standardized tests.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Here if you have failing grades they ask your parents if they want to hold you back a grade. If not, on you go.

Of course, since they're not teaching anything substantial failing doesn't really mean shit anyway.

Here you're tested all through the year and if you fail, then you fail.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

ftfy

hahaha, so true dude, so true.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

And they spend ALL year just prepping for that. IF you LEARN anything as a side effect, then that’s great...but it's about EOG's. Especially since the teachers evaluation is solely based off their student’s performance OF the EOG's

Pretty much. I remember in high school all teachers tried to do (for the college prep students) was prepare them fro the SAT/ACT and crap like that and teach them "how to test". I'm in college and it's funny watching the HS kids come in because they are fucking clueless about shit they learned 3 months earlier. I remember a kid confused as hell asking the professer about order of operations. Yet somehow this kid actually tested into the college level math classes.

No Child Left Behind = No Child Pushed Forward.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

No Child Left Behind = No Child Pushed Forward.

I like that.