[Platt] "Longitudinal studies?" I have no idea what you are talking about. Color me dumb.
[Krimel] Ok. [Platt] As for dumbing down the SAT, take a look at: http://www.nationalreview.com/contributors/kurtz032502.shtml [Krimel] I did it looked like a knee jerk reaction to rumors of change. If you look at the changed that were implemented in 2006 that seem to have made the test harder. There was only one section added: writing. But the math section includes higher levels of math and apparently test scores declined in the first year or two of testing. > [Platt] > Not bad. Glad to see I have made myself reasonably clear. But instead of > the term "pollsters" which suggests that only companies like Gallup can > determine depth of consciousness, I would prefer the word "surveys." > > [Krimel] > You thing a people's depth of consciousness can be measured through > opinion polls? Then why would anyone criticize a politician for > attending to them? [Platt] Didn't I just say I'm not talking about "polls?" Sometimes you just don't read. [Krimel] Perhaps there is some distinction between a poll and a survey. But I'm not sure what it would be and since all you have been doing is talking in generalities I really don't care. I have no further suggestions on this matter. You do not seem to be able to specify what this culture understanding of western culture is or how it should be measured or what it would mean so it doesn't appear to me that you do either. But I could be wrong. > [Krimel] > So now it's understanding facts about culture that matters. Which culture > should we test to measure depth of consciousness? The culture we see in > sitcoms? The culture we see in our schools; in our communities; the > culture of dead white men. How do you test understanding of culture > between California and Nebraska? [Platt] The Western culture. What else? And it's not "understanding facts." It's understanding the philosophies and broad historical movements that got us to where we are today. [Krimel] So a survey of western understanding and broad historical movements. Nice when can we get started. How about you make up the first ten questions on the survey. > [Platt] > Do you really believe there's a possibility you won't die? What about the > probability that you were born and that the cause was, well, you know ...? > > [Krimel] > I think there is a high degree of probability that I will die. The odds > against are like one in billions but you never can tell. The probability > that I was born is determined largely by the present. Again there is a > probability against it that I would recon in trillions to one. I don't see > the payoff in playing odds like that. [Platt] Krim thinks there's a chance he won't die. Get that everybody? [Krimel] > As for the cause? That's up for grabs. My dad used to lament that it was > because The Pill had not been invented at the time. My mom used to act > like he was kidding but she never effectively denied it. [Platt] Krim thinks there's a chance he was born from an immaculate conception. Intelligent design is 99.9 percent true compared to Krim's "truths." > [Krimel] > Do you believe absolutely that you were born and will die? [Platt] Absolutely. [Krimel] Ok, "everybody" did you get that? It's classic Platt, I have nothing to add. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
