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Old 05-23-2005   #1 (permalink)
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If I were King.....

This is a split from another thread, but there was some interest growing in it so Bio suggested that we start a new thread specifically along these lines...

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Fish- I think you ought to start a thread with your take on the ideal school system: not so much funding (althoug h it is hard to avoid it), but the curricula, the handling of gifted and special, and the role of testing, etc. It would get a lot of attention here.


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Last edited by Fishteacher73; 05-23-2005 at 08:14 AM. Reason: bio's typing... ; )
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Old 05-23-2005   #2 (permalink)
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This is a split from another thread, but there was some interest growing in it so Bio suggested that we start a new thread specifically along these lines...
Heck. Could you at least fix the typo in my opening quote? My tender ego hates my typos, and I make hundreds of them.


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Heck. Could you at least fix the typo in my opening quote? My tender ego hates my typos, and I make hundreds of them.
Not a big deal Bio; We all make these typo's, I for one am constantly having to edit my posts because of mistakes I've made in spelling and punctuation.


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Is this a subconscious indictment of the US educations system.....


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Not a big deal Bio; We all make these typo's, I for one am constantly having to edit my posts because of mistakes I've made in spelling and punctuation.
Me too. To often I just hit the submit button and move on instead of previewing my post.


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Originally Posted by Biochemist
Fish- I think you ought to start a thread with your take on the ideal school system: not so much funding (although it is hard to avoid it), but the curricula, the handling of gifted and special, and the role of testing, etc. It would get a lot of attention here.



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Is this a subconscious indictment of the US educations system.....
Just might be somewhat culpable Fish.


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Old 05-23-2005   #8 (permalink)
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even though the school systems may be messed up here and there, i don't see how else they would work? the kids go to school, they are given the choice to learn, so they can do their assignments and tests and progress on. as much as i couldn't stand public school, i guess that's just the way it goes.


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Is this a subconscious indictment of the US educations system.....
Yes actually. At least we haven't reached the point they have in the U.K. though. A recent news article suggested that they are going to ease up on spelling accuracy requirements
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Incorrect spelling will not be penalised in English tests

Skool xams definitly aint what they used to be. Concern about the nation's spelling abilities may have spawned a best-selling book and a television series, but for today's pupils, ignorance of "i before e except after c" is no barrier to success.


Examiners marking an English test taken by 600,000 14-year-olds have been told not to deduct marks for incorrect spelling on the main writing paper, worth nearly a third of the overall marks.

The rule, issued by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, means that pupils could spell every word wrongly in the most significant piece of writing that they are required to do and yet still receive full marks.

More here.......


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that's disgusting...


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