Clarity in a world of chaos

School has become about anything but the children.

Social promotions, caring about the self-esteem of future criminals is what the schools focus on these days.

The hip -hop artists have to serve as the mom and dad for so many children its horrible

So the public schools keep the charde up that its a money issue the whole while denying students the voucher program.

Not that is a great system either but it goes to the heart of its not what the parents want its what the unions want.

And dont forget the focus placed on sports where many a minority student shines but as we know sports scheduling and academics dont mix well.

So the coach looks like Tom Landry and the once great HS or college star remains uneducated and out on the streets after all the social promotions.

But its NOT the system that is failing us.

Its the lazy uncaring parents who might show up to protest but not be present in the childs life everday!!

i graduated in 2005. and i would have to say that the problem is.... that schools are no longer teaching useful material... we are being "taught to a test" if that makes any sense... instead of being taught material that was taught back in the day, we are only being taught basic concepts, spend one day on a concept, and fly through a text book to make sure we cover everything that would be on the test. this is to ensure we can PASS the test. if we PASS, the school gets MORE MONEY. see the pattern??? its not the SAT that they are trying to get us to pass... its the TAKS. and that is where the problem lies. so when we go to take the SAT, we have no clue. we were only taught to pass the TAKS. we dont know common place knowledge. if it wasnt for me taking the SAT prep class, i probably wouldnt have done as well as i did, in the math area. i am pretty good in the english department. but, that is because i received most of my education in a different state. contrary to the school i went to out here, texas doesnt have a very good school system. the school i went to ran the GPA on a 6.0 scale. which looks good, yes... but i had to take all AP classes to feel anywhere challenged to the extent that i did, taking a regular class back in florida. so the problem is in the standardize testing they make us take all school years. if they spent more time actually teaching, i think there would be more LEARNING taking place, instead of "storing".

because teachers Back in the day had degrees and diplomas.
But then along came affirmative Action and that mindset came social promoting.

Not a matter of what you learned or earned but what would make the politcians happy.
And of course force mo money to come their way to support injustices.

Injustices that money cant fix but that never stopped the greedy hateful politican.

So now the children who really need the help get shoved all over the place and excuses are made, test scores are faked etc just like Affirmative Action which has fooled the average joe into thinking it was about equality.

Nothing could be further from it but that doesnt stop the politican and the guilible public.

McMkinney Mon - Are you a prophet?

we are being "taught to a test" if that makes any sense.

It makes sense in that I understand what you are saying

But it does not make sense in that it is actually being done

That is all you hear these days -- kids are being readied to take the SAT or TAKS or whatever kind of test is popular today.

When I was in school the only standardized test we had was the IQ test which was administered each year. All it was was a measuring stick for students IQ.

We had six weeks tests, final exams each semester and pop quizzes which could rear their evil little heads in any class at any time

One time in trigonometry class the teacher gave us a pop quiz of one question

How long is a piece of string?

You made 100 or zero

I thought for about five minutes, wrote down my answer and turned it in.

The teacher smiled and wrote a big red 100 across the top of my paper

My answer -- twice the distance from the center to either end

Dang UC, I see you haven't changed a bit... LOL

I bet if lightning struck your house, you'd find some kind of way to tie that to Affirmative Action... LOL, you're nothing, if not consistent...

I hear this a lot, "They're only teaching us to pass TAKS and save their jobs". Maybe this is true. Maybe some of it is on the kids too. I know I had to keep my foot in our teens butt, to keep him studying. Smart as a whip, but LAZY.

All many kids care about today is X-Box, Playstation, MySpace, and for the ones really lost- drugs, alcohol and sex. You can reach some kids, some kids really care, and others could care less.

Our teachers taught, period. There was no need for ACT Prep, and all of that. I scored 20 on mine, walking in the door cold-turkey, with no "preparation" aside from what I'd learned from 9th - 12th grade. Imagine if I'd been somewhere with prep courses, study guides, etc..

But, back to wht I know about teens. It got to the point that I had to take away the Playstation, and unplug the PC to make sure he studied. This isn't my son, but I helped raise him.

I slacked off as a kid too, and he reminded me a lot of me when I was a child. But, the difference betwen him and me was, I could buckle down and finish strong (ahead of everyone)- because I cared about my grades. He's jut as smart, but lazy as heck.

He's happy with a 70... Brags about it.

I'm like, dude- if you went to school with me, that "C" you're sporting here with a 70, woudl be an "F" at my high school. Our scale was tough, so- to be a 4.0 student, you had to go for it. When

Herschel,

Just for a second give that premise of mine a chance.

Can you not see that it is a mindset, a trick, that actually causes more disrespect than respect.

Any person who works wants respect, especially for their work.

So while some might say, I dont care if you respect me or not, just give me that job, that person would be disengenious AT BEST.

Respect is earned. As I would think we could agree on.

How can it be earned if the bankers son is given "The job" just because he is the bankers son.

Same thing applies to one who is given those exxtra points or that job because of any reason other than having done the work to get it.

Back when I hired people I can assure you I hired people to do a job.

Even if others didnt, thats life.
They are ignorant and that ignorance comes back to get them.

Do you not agree because you see yourself in that situation?
Or if you agree that somehow makes you a "traitor?"

If intelligent people who happen to be black wont make the break from the "trickery" what chance is there for others!!!

So then in your book whites would only hire whites.

So to be consistent then blacks would only hire blacks, not based on what whites do but because that is, according to you , just the way it is.

So if thats true then whats the problem?
If all groups only hire their own, and we know it, then why fight it.
Why not start your own business, and forget about Affirmative Action.

"White law" doesnt state you or me cant start are own business.

And you would lose that bet as history has already proved.
Before AA many business had mixed races working for them.

Affirmative Action acutally sets a limit, a ceiling.
It makes employers upset that they are told what to do so many will only hire the "alloted amount" hence the quota system.

ok fine
But even very little wealth opens the door