Filepro-list Digest, Vol 86, Issue 21

[Richard Kreiss]

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> > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:23:56 -0500 From: "Richard Kreiss"
> > <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net> Subject: RE: OT; Corning technology To:
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> >> >  On 3/8/2011 1:58 PM, Bill Campbell wrote:
> >> >  [...]
> >> >  [...]
> >> >
> >> >  Then there's the "no child left behind" act, which is actually
> >> > closer to "no child  gets ahead".
> >> >
> >> >  Have a kid who's having trouble learning?  You'll get all the help
you
> need.
> >> >     Have a kid who's bored because he learned all this stuff 2 years
ago,
> and>  should be in advanced classes?  Sorry, we can't help you.
> >> >
> > Reminds me of what happens on the Mike Holmes show on HGTV.
> >
> > Walls are removed to make a more open layout.  A few months later the
> > floors start to sag and water leaks begin and floor crack.
> >
> > Everyone wonders why until Mike comes in and opens the walls and
> > points out that the support for the upper floor have been removed or
> > incorrectly strengthened.
> >
> > This is what has happened to our educational system.  Bring everyone
> > down the lowest common denominator so no one's feelings are hurt.
> > Don't allow anyone to excel as this will make those less able feel bad.
> >
> > Then we wonder why the rest of the world is passing us by.
> >
> > Do you really want a doctor or a mechanic who can't do math or can
> > barely read and understand what is being read?
> >
> > Richard
> 
> This can even occur in private schools.  My nephew once yelled at a
teacher
> because she praised him very highly for what was really a mediocre
> accomplishment of the task at hand.  "You're lying.  This wasn't that
great so
> why are you lying to me."
> 
> My 8-year-old daughter (2nd grade) is a bit behind in reading and math (so
> was her father).  They modified her spelling exams to include only 5 words
> instead of the usual 10 fro the rest of the class.  At first she had
problems and
> was getting only 1 out 5, but she improved..  After about 2 months of
getting
> 5 out of 5 right I insisted that the teachers increase the number of
words.
> "How is she going to know if she's getting better if she is constantly
getting
> them all right?  Don't you think she knows that she is being given only
half
> the words that the rest of the class is getting?"
> 
> They increased the number of words to 7.  Her first exam she got 6 out of
7
> and then 7 out of 7 for the next 4.  My wife and I insisted that she be
given
> the same as the rest of the class.  Her first test she got
> 10 out of 10.  She was beaming because she knew exactly what that meant.
> But she did give me a face when I suggested she ask the teachers for even
> more words on her next exam.
> 
> The kids know the difference.

Kudos to your daughter and whomever worked with her on her spelling.

Kudos to the school for accepting your suggestion to keep increasing the
number of words to actually test her improvement.

I just hope she doesn't learn about a spell checker and revert back. :)

Richard