Any education questions?

It still pisses me off. It was a Descriptive Linguistics class. The longer of a term paper you wrote the better your grade. For the paper we had to answer something like 30 questions, include an annotated table of contents and a few other things.
I concisely and completely answered all 30 questions in something like 45 pages, included the annotated table of contests and got a C. Another guy in the class answered maybe 20 of the questions, didn't include the table of contents, but wrote 60+ pages and got a B. The teacher's explanation "his answers were more complete". There were people in the class who turned in papers over 100 pages (and obviously got an A). I'm convinced this teacher based the term paper grades (which accounted for better than 80% of your grade in the class) on two things: 1) the length of the paper (the longer the paper, the better the grade) and 2) if you had breasts and a cute smile (automatically got you a higher grade than you might have deserved)

 

My roommate's son came over yesterday and the teacher had changed the 40 on his spelling test to an 80, admitting she made a mistake in grading his paper.

 

NCLB sucks because some people just aren't good at taking tests.

 

Glad to hear it got straightened out.

 

But don't tell the President that.

 

I had a college professor who was famous for situations like option No. 2 there. I didn't believe it when I was warned, then I got the wost grade of my four years in college.

Obviously, I still have unpleasant memories of her.

 

That is only part of the reason it sucks. It forces teachers to focus too much on test preparation and not enough on education. I have quite a few friends and acquaintances who are teachers. Every single one of them sees NCLB as a huge problem.

 

As much homework as kids are bringing home these days, I'm scared to see how much homework my children will have when I finally get around to having them.

 

One of my favorite things to do is walk into an school and just see super model after super model or Maxim Girl after Maxim Girl teaching there. It cracks me up to no end.

The term "and the hits just keep on coming" has never more aptly applied.

It is fairly obvious that certain principals (and not just men) look for "school aesthetics" when hiring.

 

NCLB will be changed/altered if we can get Republican out of the main (G.W. Bush) office. It probably will never leave, but the 100 percent goal will be lowered and there will be a huge sigh of relief in the education community.

You can never get 100 percent of anything in life. Why ask for it when kids take a test?

 

Maybe this has been mentioned, but the title of this thread should be: "Hey. I have three college degrees. I'm important. I want everyone to know."

 

This from somebody who has complained about disruptive bullshit on other threads. Thanks for trying to start shit.