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6m533 wrote on Apr 29, 2009 7:21 PM:

" Please don’t let your recent encounter with one recent school leaver leave you with a negative view of all recent school leavers. I recently left school with many other school leavers whose brains would put the school leaver that you had your recent encounter with to shame. Recently leaving school was the proudest achievement of my life (thus far), and the same holds true for many other leavers that I left with. Do the math. That’s many other leavers. You met one. "




T. Richards wrote on Apr 22, 2009 12:47 AM:

" Would that be the same batch of supportive parents that want us to continue funding HeadStart to do their jobs for them? No wonder matters don't improve as we go through the educational process!

Seems to me, any way you slice it, there's a number of parents who got into the job without a true commitment of what the concept means, and are now wanting the rest of the world to do the work! "




Mac wrote on Apr 21, 2009 8:40 AM:

" Maybe in other countries the students are expected to behave themselves and the teachers have the support of parents. You couldn't pay me enough to be a teacher in this country. People in Europe are aghast that we actually have to have police officers in our schools - it's apparently unheard of there. "




Wise Counselor wrote on Apr 20, 2009 7:43 PM:

" For Bob Walker: Yes, the kids in Europe all know languages when they graduate, it is a requirement. Makes me wonder why and how those teachers who make about one-third what a teacher in the USA makes as salary, one wonders why they would, could it be they care about the kids and not just the job? "




re-all wrote on Apr 19, 2009 8:48 PM:

" I hate to rain on your parade but studies show that kids who are held back in school, find it harder to achieve later in life. That is why there is such a push to get these kids up to level with thier class mates. The United States doesn't put enough emphasis on early education, kids learn the most and have largest capacity for learning during the first few years of life. This is a great time to develop skill but Americans set thier kids in front of the TV, while they live thier busy lives. TVs have become babysitters! "




scary wrote on Apr 19, 2009 8:55 AM:

" I had the same expereince at a fast food restaurant. I gave the cashier a 5 and 27 cents for a bill of 3.27 and it confused her so horribly that I took the change back. When I was in school, fail meant fail and you were held back. What happened to earning your way up the ladder? And these people are supposed to be the future of this country? They can't do math or speak proper english now! Ask one who the prez was during WW!!! "




Bob Walker wrote on Apr 16, 2009 3:05 PM:

" Thanks for such a clear reason why our school have already failed. The kids in Europe all graduate with three to four languages and doing college math.
Our KRV kids are going to get six million or so of new buildings thanks to Ms. Barlow, but no more education.
Most of the teachers hate having the kids tested. Isn't having to figure out how many times to charge you 35 cents for rebar cuts a test?
Let's demand our school system not pass on one kid who does pass the tests for their grade. "




T. Richards wrote on Apr 15, 2009 10:59 AM:

" Whether the high school budget is cut or not, it will continue to be as it always has; a place where the clique obsessed play and those that want an education dig in and find it.

You'll never be able to stop someone who truly wants to learn. Just as you'll never be able to teach someone who just wants to get by. "




Dense wrote on Apr 14, 2009 11:48 PM:

" Was she also blonde? "