Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
And while we're at it, why not address the thousands of those who are 'Home-Schooled'
who can handle no concept outside of the 'Bible Study' that they are fed every day.
Functional and social illiterates, unable to grasp math concepts outside those of
counting eggs, and the bunch of this and pinch of that that stays in the kitchen.
When they go out into society what do they bring to the mix ?
Hi, I'm Claude Klump - and I'm gonna be your Brain Surgeon.
Saw one in the barnyard a while back after the cow kicked the milker.
Didn't look too hard to stuff back in. Now we use her as a door stop.
Of course they have to teach the kids to pass the 'Test' - don't need no learnin',
just results to put on a pie chart showing how good we are doing it.
As much credibility as those 'Medals of Freedom' that Bush handed out to his
Yes-Men that perpetuated his fraudulent Administrations adgenda.
Originally posted by: BarneyFife
Homeschooling is great if you want to lock your kids up in the house for the rest of their life. Their are things called communication and socializing and "real life". You won't ever learn any of that just sitting in your house all day.
Originally posted by: Runamile
Originally posted by: BarneyFife
Homeschooling is great if you want to lock your kids up in the house for the rest of their life. Their are things called communication and socializing and "real life". You won't ever learn any of that just sitting in your house all day.
True. No matter what good intentions you may have, home school is a terrible thing to do to your child's future. They learn no social and communication skills, which is arguably the most important thing a person will ever possess. That is how you meet people, move up the ladder, aquire contacts, etc. Sure, they may be smart, but if they are totally off-the-wall weird with no friends and they smell bad, who the hell wants to hire them?
And in reference to an above post, Texas does not have teachers unions. Also, it's not the teachers fault that parents provide absolutly no support to the education or raising of their child, and put all responsibility on the teacher now. It's no wonder they are starting to crack. Parents are the reason kids are not active and loosing weight, not studing, not learning english (problem here in Texas), not passing tests, etc. The teachers are doing a great job for the resources provided and the responsibilities required.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
"When you have a system where test scores have real impact on teachers' lives, you're more likely to see teachers willing to cheat," he said.
Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
And while we're at it, why not address the thousands of those who are 'Home-Schooled'
who can handle no concept outside of the 'Bible Study' that they are fed every day.
Functional and social illiterates, unable to grasp math concepts outside those of
counting eggs, and the bunch of this and pinch of that that stays in the kitchen.
When they go out into society what do they bring to the mix ?
Hi, I'm Claude Klump - and I'm gonna be your Brain Surgeon.
Saw one in the barnyard a while back after the cow kicked the milker.
Didn't look too hard to stuff back in. Now we use her as a door stop.
Of course they have to teach the kids to pass the 'Test' - don't need no learnin',
just results to put on a pie chart showing how good we are doing it.
As much credibility as those 'Medals of Freedom' that Bush handed out to his
Yes-Men that perpetuated his fraudulent Administrations adgenda.
Homeschooled students are impressing top colleges in other ways, too. Says former Stanford niversity admissions officer Jonothan Reider: "The distinguishing factor [for admissions selection] is intellectual vitality. These kids have it." Indeed, Stanford has been so impressed with its homeschooled applicants that its admissions office began tracking homeschooled students in 1999 to learn more about them
But what about Rosie Lawler after Princeton turned her down? She's another
homeschooling success story: Lawler now is a junior at Harvard.
More indicators of the blinders. So Bill Cosby earned one? Martha Raye? What exactly have they done for our country? Jesse Jackson? Julia Child? Doris Day? Rita Moreno? Arnold Palmer? Estee Lauder? Dave Thomas? Where's the beef? bahahahaha!As much credibility as those 'Medals of Freedom' that Bush handed out to his
You going to add him to your list?Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
And while we're at it, why not address the thousands of those who are 'Home-Schooled'
who can handle no concept outside of the 'Bible Study' that they are fed every day.
Functional and social illiterates, unable to grasp math concepts outside those of
counting eggs, and the bunch of this and pinch of that that stays in the kitchen.
When they go out into society what do they bring to the mix ?
Hi, I'm Claude Klump - and I'm gonna be your Brain Surgeon.
Saw one in the barnyard a while back after the cow kicked the milker.
Didn't look too hard to stuff back in. Now we use her as a door stop.
Of course they have to teach the kids to pass the 'Test' - don't need no learnin',
just results to put on a pie chart showing how good we are doing it.
As much credibility as those 'Medals of Freedom' that Bush handed out to his
Yes-Men that perpetuated his fraudulent Administrations adgenda.
http://www.insightmag.com/main...il/storyid/261053.html
"the most common reason for homeschooling today is to provide the "child with a better education" (48.9 percent), as compared with "religious reasons" (38.4 percent).
"In 2001, homeschooled SAT-takers had higher scores than the SAT-taking population as a whole, with homeschooled students averaging 568 on the verbal test (out of a possible 800) and 525 on the math, compared with 506 verbal and 514 math for the national average of all SAT test-takers." Obviously CapnKirk's lack of knowledge on this subject comes from his political stance rather than his source of education. But I'll do the math for him anyhow.
Homeschooled Verbal: 13% higher scores
Homeschooled Math: 2% higher scores.
Stanford good enough for you?
Homeschooled students are impressing top colleges in other ways, too. Says former Stanford niversity admissions officer Jonothan Reider: "The distinguishing factor [for admissions selection] is intellectual vitality. These kids have it." Indeed, Stanford has been so impressed with its homeschooled applicants that its admissions office began tracking homeschooled students in 1999 to learn more about them
How about Harvard?
But what about Rosie Lawler after Princeton turned her down? She's another
homeschooling success story: Lawler now is a junior at Harvard.
More indicators of the blinders. So Bill Cosby earned one? Martha Raye? What exactly have they done for our country? Jesse Jackson? Julia Child? Doris Day? Rita Moreno? Arnold Palmer? Estee Lauder? Dave Thomas? Where's the beef? bahahahaha!As much credibility as those 'Medals of Freedom' that Bush handed out to his
The truth is that leftists like CaptnKirk hate homeschooling and private schools because it erodes their power base - both the politcally powerful teachers unions as well as secularism teachings. So they freely revert to the tactics of the KKK freely by stereotyping large and growing segments of the population. Hatred and intolerance has a new name - it's called liberalism. Only now it isn't the color of your skin, but your politcal beliefs, how you vote, where you live, or how much money you have.
You going to add him to your list?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The state education agency is launching an effort to catch cheating on standardized tests, officials announced Monday.
Officials will hire an outside expert to review security measures and build a tracking system to monitor test scoring irregularities that could signal cheating.
"We have zero tolerance for cheating," Texas Education Agency commissioner Shirley Neeley said in a statement released before a news conference.
The changes are in response to a Dallas Morning News investigation that found strong evidence that educators at nearly 400 schools statewide helped students cheat on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. The newspaper study identified schools whose test scores swung wildly from poor to stellar.
TEA's announcement breaks with a previous policy of trusting districts to police themselves. TEA officials had said they investigated cheating allegations only when a district requested it or when they received credible eyewitness evidence of cheating.
Neeley reminded educators of the consequences of cheating on the TAKS test, which could lead to the revocation of a teaching license and up to 10 years in prison since falsifying testing documents is a third-degree felony. . .