Comments on: A sad commentary on the state of education in my state. http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/414       goolsbee.org, serving useless content from an undisclosed location since 1997 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:38:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: jharbert http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/414#comment-1102 jharbert Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:43:34 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/414#comment-1102 I'd visit the school and do a little calm screaming. I’d visit the school and do a little calm screaming.

]]> By: gondwana http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/414#comment-1099 gondwana Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:47:13 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/414#comment-1099 PTSA making the flyer wouldn't you think? they aren't teachers - but I guess it is an example of how good their education was... ;-) we have had a new system (NCEA) of grading school kids for the last 4-5 years here and it tries hard to never fail anyone (or show up the really bright ones) and has had a lot of flack from parents and teachers alike - certainly produces results at the end of the year that are hard to work out what is going on as a parent ... let alone an employer... I think mankind generally is going through a 'cotton wool era' of covering everyones butts (from the CEO's to the school kids) from really knowing what happens when you make a mistake in the real world.... hopeless system... Jerome PTSA making the flyer wouldn’t you think? they aren’t teachers - but I guess it is an example of how good their education was… ;-)

we have had a new system (NCEA) of grading school kids for the last 4-5 years here and it tries hard to never fail anyone (or show up the really bright ones) and has had a lot of flack from parents and teachers alike - certainly produces results at the end of the year that are hard to work out what is going on as a parent … let alone an employer…

I think mankind generally is going through a ‘cotton wool era’ of covering everyones butts (from the CEO’s to the school kids) from really knowing what happens when you make a mistake in the real world…. hopeless system…

Jerome

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