Venn diagrams are in the 1st grade curriculum here. Kindergarten students have to be able to write a complete sentence by the end of the year. The standards are getting more and more stringent, at least where I am.
The thing that stinks is the standardized testing. Trying not to "teach to the test" is a real challenge for teachers. Put a kid in a situation that does not conform to the way things have been presented to them and they are lost. Dan --- On Sun, 11/7/10, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] made up statistics > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010, 4:21 PM > > The average cost to keep a kid > in school for 6-7 hours a day varies, but it is mostly > 30-40k a year, about what it "costs" to house a prisoner > full time. > > We pay about $4500/year for our 3rd grader. Private, > there > are no subsidies whatsoever. And these kids > _learn_. I remember > Kindergarten, we had blocks. These kids are doing > Venn diagrams... > Three teachers, 22 students, four grades. They rent > space in the > basement of a church. > > You want to kill something, give a government a monopoly on > it. > > -- 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
