This Should Scare Everyone

[21STEELERS21]

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/10/a...-gmat-that-business-schools-segregate-scores/

US graduate schools have had to install affirmative action procedures for American students, because GMAT scores are
not competitive with foreign Asian students. While we squabble over meaningless political differences, the world prepares
to knock us further down the economic ladder.

A Nation divided will not stand.

 

[MT~Forged]

Yet these same universities are bastions of Democrats and their thinking. Fail on almost every level.

 

[Superman]

and when you have to pander to every goddamn thing under the sun or be labeled insensitive, racist or ______-phobic, it makes the process a lot more difficult.
do the other countries pander to every ************ in their country?

 

[Ron Burgundy]

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/10/a...-gmat-that-business-schools-segregate-scores/

US graduate schools have had to install affirmative action procedures for American students, because GMAT scores are
not competitive with foreign Asian students. While we squabble over meaningless political differences, the world prepares
to knock us further down the economic ladder.

A Nation divided will not stand.

When school is getting ready to start, meaning the universities, my counter here at the airport looks like baggage claim at New Delhi and Bejing.
Of course you realize that the public schools are ALL unionized and the union's first priority is keeping teachers' jobs and high paychecks and not the quality of education. That would require too much work on the part of teachers, going back to school for continuing education and all, and depart from their main mission of recycling tax dollars to the Democrat party coffers.
I sent my daughter to a private Christian high school at a cost of $450 a month where the quality of education was much better.

 

[Vincent]

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/10/a...-gmat-that-business-schools-segregate-scores/

US graduate schools have had to install affirmative action procedures for American students, because GMAT scores are
not competitive with foreign Asian students. While we squabble over meaningless political differences, the world prepares
to knock us further down the economic ladder.

A Nation divided will not stand.

Oh, you thought the "schools" were "about the chirlins"...

 

[DBS1970]

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/10/a...-gmat-that-business-schools-segregate-scores/

US graduate schools have had to install affirmative action procedures for American students, because GMAT scores are
not competitive with foreign Asian students. While we squabble over meaningless political differences, the world prepares
to knock us further down the economic ladder.

A Nation divided will not stand.

It does scare me.

We are not using traditional methods of teaching anymore. You know the ones that worked like memorization of multiplication tables and phonetics, in favor of common core math and whole language.
So we are raising kids that cant count and are functionally illiterate. in addition to that we are indoctrinating kids in leftist realpolitik and not teaching logic and so we are also raising a generation that cannot think.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

]So we are raising kids that cant count and are functionally illiterate. in addition to that we are indoctrinating kids in leftist realpolitik and not teaching logic and so we are also raising a generation that cannot think.

If we don't do that then we won't have generations of morons who are dependent on the government and vote Democrat, silly.

 

[Steeltime]

21Steelers should blame Boooooosh, since we all know how pro-Republican public school teachers are, and how right-wing college professors have become, so ...

Wait ...

The simple fact of the matter is that our public schools are inundated with teachers who don't care much for the students, who are protected from termination by extraordinarily generous union agreements, and who are the intellectually lazy and uninspired that are the core of the Democratic party.

Here is a question that should be on the SAT:

Q: What do you get from entrusting education to underperforming, overprotected Democratic disciples?

A. What? I was looking at my phone.
B. Is the answer pi? How about pie?
C. Wasn't this question on Facebook?
D. Underperforming, lazy students, trained in the art of victimization, e.g., future Democrat voters.
E. All of the ... hold on, I have to read this crucial text.

 

[oneforthebus]

It does scare me.

We are not using traditional methods of teaching anymore. You know the ones that worked like memorization of multiplication tables and phonetics, in favor of common core math and whole language.
So we are raising kids that cant count and are functionally illiterate. in addition to that we are indoctrinating kids in leftist realpolitik and not teaching logic and so we are also raising a generation that cannot think.

We are also raising a generation of kids who don't think they should have to work hard for what they want. Grade inflation is rampant at our school...20 percent of the graduating class had over a 4.00 GPA last year, and over 50% had 3.50's and up. If a kid gets a bad grade the parents are right in touch with the teacher to get it fixed up. I would say the vast majority of my kids' teachers give banal, ridiculously easy projects and extra credit so that kids have an opportunity to bring up any poor grades from test scores. And we are supposedly one of the most challenging high schools in the state, nation even.

Guess what...the Asian kids have 4.5s and up. Because they are pushed hard to excel, something many American parents don't want to do. They work twice as hard as most of the kids do.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

We are also raising a generation of kids who don't think they should have to work hard for what they want. Grade inflation is rampant at our school...20 percent of the graduating class had over a 4.00 GPA last year, and over 50% had 3.00's and up. If a kid gets a bad grade the parents are right in touch with the teacher to get it fixed up. I would say the vast majority of my kids' teachers give banal, ridiculously easy projects and extra credit so that kids have an opportunity to bring up any poor grades from test scores. And we are supposedly one of the most challenging high schools in the state, nation even.

Guess what...the Asian kids have 4.5s and up. Because they are pushed hard to excel, something many American parents don't want to do. They work twice as hard as most of the kids do.

About ten years ago I was teaching a college economics class to a group of high school students at 7:00 am before regular school starts. I failed a girl, couple weeks later her mother calls me and says you failed my daughter. I said "Yes". She says "She did well on the final". I said "That's true but an 82, a 58, and a 42 still don't average out to a passing grade. Also she was usually asleep most of class."

 

[Steeltime]

We are also raising a generation of kids who don't think they should have to work hard for what they want. Grade inflation is rampant at our school...20 percent of the graduating class had over a 4.00 GPA last year, and over 50% had 3.50's and up.

Guess what...the Asian kids have 4.5s and up. Because they are pushed hard to excel, something many American parents don't want to do. They work twice as hard as most of the kids do.

My daughter's college fights grade inflation - with the result that she was punished when applying to medical schools, despite the college's very good reputation and her exceedingly good MCAT score.

Oh, and to boost her college GPA, my daughter took organic chemistry and 2 biology courses at UCLA. She was working at the time at a medical clinic, coaching diving part-time, and regularly running and diving. Her classmates - 100% of whom were Asian - were stunned she did anything other than study 12 hours per day.

So Steeltime's little girl crushed those other students and earned the highest grade in the class at UCLA 3 times. I know whom I would rather have responsible for my medical care ...

 

[ark steel]

It does scare me.

We are not using traditional methods of teaching anymore. You know the ones that worked like memorization of multiplication tables and phonetics, in favor of common core math and whole language.
So we are raising kids that cant count and are functionally illiterate. in addition to that we are indoctrinating kids in leftist realpolitik and not teaching logic and so we are also raising a generation that cannot think.

We are, essentially, using our chirrens as guinea pigs for whatever new and "improved" version of teaching someone comes up with.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

We are, essentially, using our chirrens as guinea pigs for whatever new and "improved" version of teaching someone comes up with.

If we don't keep coming up with new ways to teach things then we won't need as many new textbooks written by college professors who get paid for selling textbooks.

 

[Vincent]

http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/10/a...-gmat-that-business-schools-segregate-scores/

US graduate schools have had to install affirmative action procedures for American students, because GMAT scores are
not competitive with foreign Asian students. While we squabble over meaningless political differences, the world prepares
to knock us further down the economic ladder.

A Nation divided will not stand.

I have a feeling that the post shellacing broadcast from left central contains the talking points "meaningless political differences" and "divided we will not stand". Those themes keep popping up. This is laced with rich ironies, all of which descend from one of the core maxims of marxism - peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. So now we need to put aside our "meaningless" differences cause y'all got yer ***** handed to you.

Our differences are meaningful. We are right and you are wrong. On everything. Wrong needs to be defeated at every turn. Therein lies the "squabble".

What is knocking us down the economic ladder is a morbidly obese gubmint that has eclipsed its constitutionally prescribed purview by orders of magnitude. It sullies everything it touches through stifling oversight, ruinous costs, and the absurdity of political correctness. obamacare is in the public's consciousness right now because, like all gubmint "programs" its a colossally failed monstrosity. Its just the most recent, and therefor visible colossally failed monstrosity. We don't think much about "education" unless we have children in school. But even a cursory look at "public education" over the last half century reveals a wasteland that gives indication of what obamacare will do to the remnant of this Republic if its allowed to survive. And to make the point "fairly", the F-22 is no less a colossally failed monstrosity, it a $700M "5th gen" air superiority fighter that would have a shorter life expectancy than a gnat in actual combat. Its a colossally failed monstrosity for all the same reasons. This is why we have $600 hammers and a $18T national debt. And $18T's the little number. We've pissed $22T down the "great society" rathole over that same half century. And THATS a little number compared to our actual exposure for the various programs the gubmint is committed to. What - $150T... $200T? But I digress.

"Public education" as we call it, as it stands, is the product of this gubmint and all its meddlers. Its the revenue and power of the teachers unions, nothing more. Its the leverage to extract taxes without accountability. It produces a product that would fail beyond any consideration in a free market. It doesn't even rise to the level of "broken". Here's a very forgiving illustration of that point... http://rossieronline.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/us-schools-vs-international3.jpg

No, "A Nation divided will not stand". That is the strategery of the left. They can't win on ideas. They can't present themselves as what they are. They can't win in a straight up confrontation. So they destroy from within.

And you people bring this "squabble over meaningless political differences" meme. Thats rich.

I applaud those of you that have actually invested in your childrens' future by sending them to private educators.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Where has 21 been all day? Another hit-and-run?

 

[hamster]

Where has 21 been all day? Another hit-and-run?

He is busy tending to his 8 successful businesses. He has little time to spend with the unclean masses.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

and when you have to pander to every goddamn thing under the sun or be labeled insensitive, racist or ______-phobic, it makes the process a lot more difficult.
do the other countries pander to every ************ in their country?

Nope. Ten characters.

 

[DBS1970]

We are also raising a generation of kids who don't think they should have to work hard for what they want. Grade inflation is rampant at our school...20 percent of the graduating class had over a 4.00 GPA last year, and over 50% had 3.50's and up. If a kid gets a bad grade the parents are right in touch with the teacher to get it fixed up. I would say the vast majority of my kids' teachers give banal, ridiculously easy projects and extra credit so that kids have an opportunity to bring up any poor grades from test scores. And we are supposedly one of the most challenging high schools in the state, nation even.

Guess what...the Asian kids have 4.5s and up. Because they are pushed hard to excel, something many American parents don't want to do. They work twice as hard as most of the kids do.

I ran into that situation when I started attending college courses after the Army at the age of thirty. I was amazed that the kids fresh out of highschool didn't know things like what the preamble to the Constitution or Bill of rights are or how to write an outline for an essay.

 

[Yinzerlyn]

At my daughter's HS, the students are allowed to retake a test if they do poorly. When they retake, the highest grade they can get is an 80 (better than an F). I disagree with the retakes. A kid should only retake a test if he/she were absent on the day of the test, NOT because he/she failed. Kids don't have deadlines for HW either. If they turn in an assignment late, they still get full credit for it unless it's turned in AFTER the test on that HW. Then, it's half credit. Kids are given ALL semester to turn in HW. I never have Kat retake tests, even if she does poorly on them. I wanted her to retake a history test this year- only because she was dealing with a death of a friend- but realized it wasn't worth the hassle. She pulled her grade up on her own, no help.

What happened to getting zeros and having a grade reflective of your effort?

 

[Yinzerlyn]

At my daughter's HS, the students are allowed to retake a test if they do poorly. When they retake, the highest grade they can get is an 80 (better than an F). I disagree with the retakes. A kid should only retake a test if he/she were absent on the day of the test, NOT because he/she failed. Kids don't have deadlines for HW either. If they turn in an assignment late, they still get full credit for it unless it's turned in AFTER the test on that HW. Then, it's half credit. Kids are given ALL semester to turn in HW. I never have Kat retake tests, even if she does poorly on them. I wanted her to retake a history test this year- only because she was dealing with a death of a friend- but realized it wasn't worth the hassle. She pulled her grade up on her own, no help.

What happened to getting zeros and having a grade reflective of your effort?

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I ran into that situation when I started attending college courses after the Army at the age of thirty. I was amazed that the kids fresh out of highschool didn't know things like what the preamble to the Constitution or Bill of rights are or how to write an outline for an essay.

I've been teaching business and economics classes part-time at different community colleges since 1993. The majority of students are in their early to mid 20's and I've seen them get progressively more stupid over that time.

 

[oneforthebus]

My son was just telling me his social studies teacher was asking kids to identify state flags...he said "This one is from one of our oldest states". A kid rose her hand and said Hawaii. 6th grade.

 

[oneforthebus]

At my daughter's HS, the students are allowed to retake a test if they do poorly. When they retake, the highest grade they can get is an 80 (better than an F). I disagree with the retakes. A kid should only retake a test if he/she were absent on the day of the test, NOT because he/she failed. Kids don't have deadlines for HW either. If they turn in an assignment late, they still get full credit for it unless it's turned in AFTER the test on that HW. Then, it's half credit. Kids are given ALL semester to turn in HW. I never have Kat retake tests, even if she does poorly on them. I wanted her to retake a history test this year- only because she was dealing with a death of a friend- but realized it wasn't worth the hassle. She pulled her grade up on her own, no help.

What happened to getting zeros and having a grade reflective of your effort?

Drives me crazy! I try to teach my kids to manage their time and be responsible, and it's hard when they know if they turn something in late it's no big deal for many teachers. Some give full credit, some take 5 points off or something. No accountability, and I think most of it is because they don't want to get the emails and phone calls from the parents. Everybody in my school district thinks their kid is going to Harvard. They freak out if their kid gets a bad grade.

 

[Rod Farva]

That is some high comedy coming from a liberal.

This would have been a more truthful and poignant post from 21 or any other liberal.

Dear America,

We're sorry. We have ruined the formerly best educational system the world has ever know, and by extension our country.

We began by mistakenly assuming that every child has the same ability and desire to learn and compete no matter the overwhelming and irrefutable evidence to the contrary. When it became obvious that this initial assumption was wrong we began to lower standards and expectations for all so that the high achievers would no longer be distinguishable. We believed that ensuring high self esteem (even in those who had done nothing to improve or ensure their own) was more important than ensuring that students could do basic math, think critically or speak and write intelligently and legibly.

In our defense, we were inured with these thought processes by the very academia that we hoped to become a part of. The academia that has been shaped and molded over the past five decades by.....academia. Are you sensing a pattern yet? If not you are likely the product of a public education.

We knew early on that at some point the public would begin to recognize and question the soundness and short comings of our ideology. It was ridiculously apparent and transparent to anyone left in the country who could still reason. Recognizing the potential for public outrage and protest it was imperative that we quietly fund, build and support an extremely powerful means of defending ourselves and our agenda.....we were wildly successful in doing so in forming teacher's unions. Successful to the point that it takes a near act of Congress to fire any teacher regardless of the depth of their depravity or the egregiousness of their actions.

So now here we are. Our ideology proven wrong, our willingness to acknowledge responsibility for the destruction of the educational system non existent and our unwillingness to change carved in stone. Here we are ........asking that you, the rest of America forget all of that and forgive us, albeit temporarily. Forgive and forget because right now, in the wake of the recent rejection of our beliefs, desires and agenda we need you to. We count on your compassion, short memory and distactability again. Because without them we can't continue to lead America down the path of academic, economic and social destruction.

Thaaanks!