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How far we have fallen

fairdinkem

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Oct 15, 2003
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This story pole axed me. My mother and grandmother were teachers their whole lives. My wife is going on her 16th year of teaching chemistry & forensic science. I took the challenge and got a passing grade, barely, but it took 2-days. I thought the penguins in grade school were tough but this is crazy.

 
Test is racist, does not celebrate diversity, mentions nothing about climate change, doesn't take the students feelings into account and it's not a multiple choice test. How can our little darlings of today be expected to be put through the torture of of test like that.
 
This story pole axed me. My mother and grandmother were teachers their whole lives. My wife is going on her 16th year of teaching chemistry & forensic science. I took the challenge and got a passing grade, barely, but it took 2-days. I thought the penguins in grade school were tough but this is crazy.

1) A 5 hour test for 8th graders is diabolical.
2) Alot of the terms and units are not really current - hard for me to calculate how many bushels of wheat fit in a wagon if I don't know how big a bushel is, but I don't live in a farming community.
3) I could only pass 2-3 of these subjects. Grammar, US History (maybe) and Orthography.

and how do you grade yourself - for example, how do you know the correct answer to "tell what you can about the history of Kansas?" or "Describe the Mountains of N.A."

You could write 3 paragraphs or a complete book on those subjects.
 
1) A 5 hour test for 8th graders is diabolical.
2) Alot of the terms and units are not really current - hard for me to calculate how many bushels of wheat fit in a wagon if I don't know how big a bushel is, but I don't live in a farming community.
3) I could only pass 2-3 of these subjects. Grammar, US History (maybe) and Orthography.

and how do you grade yourself - for example, how do you know the correct answer to "tell what you can about the history of Kansas?" or "Describe the Mountains of N.A."

You could write 3 paragraphs or a complete book on those subjects.

All about knowing what the teacher is looking for. Read over a few notes from the classes and I have no doubt most of us would ace the test.
 
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Our failing public education system does not teach the structure and history of the US dollar. It took me about a minute to teach educators in 47 states while I spent 12 years as a "professional tourist."

.99 cents is 99/100ths of 1 penney. 99 cents is 99 cents. $.99 equals 99 cents. US was first with a decimal/metric currency. 1000 mills equals 1 dollar. Russia was first with a decimal currency. 100 kopecs to the ruble.
 
Back in '85 I remember sitting beside a Vietnamese kid while taking a calculus test. Community college mind you. This kid took 10 minutes to ace this test what took me an hour to ace.
 
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