we spent 1 year in the public schools and it is probably enough for a lifetime. they have great resources and anything to do with football is first rate, but the core curriculum is just pure garbage.
with regards to the core curriculum, it is not academic but based around some kind of art therapy and political correctness indoctrination. i think it is designed so any kid with an IQ of 70 or better can get an A, which really isn't much use to the kids on the right side of normal for anglo saxons on the intelligence scale. i can imagine, poos, that it would be difficult to teach them anything. many are too stupid to learn. others are too drugged up to keep them subdued to learn. others have never really done any academic work until then, so why should they be able to do it then? the only saving grace is that smart kids learn stuff on their own. at the end of the day, the smart kids know stuff and the dumb kids don't. (which, btw, is the root cause for why compulsory public education is such a farce. the smart kids derive no benefit and the dumb kids can't be helped) the rest is just so much politics and propaganda. it may be different where you live. there is a fantastic disdain for education and culture here in georgia, so i suppose it could be better in areas of the country that might actually give a damn about reading and ciphering. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:53 PM, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Agreed, but it's damned difficult to teach. You would think that the > children of today would be far better at it with their abilities to > multitask, but on the other hand, I believe their multitasking abilities > prevent them from focusing totally on one thing, allowing full application > of their thought processes to one function.... > > Dan > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > > > From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] one reason it's bad to have a girl > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:38 PM > > > Not to mention that on a lot of > > the standardized test questions they tossed in irrelevant > > things that derailed their ability to understand the core > > question. > > > > Filtering irrelevance is one of the most important things > > anybody can learn to do. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090617/028b2bcb/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
