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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:18 AM Original message |
CA high schools give students color-coded IDs based on test scores. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. What a way to publicly embarrass students. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It really is. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
69. segregation AND a caste system! who runs that school? the BFEE? |
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Sportsguy (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
86. Yes |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. WTF? |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I love this... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What is "awesome" about discriminating against students with learning disabilities? |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. While I don't know about your specific case... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Rewarding students is fine. Demeaning those who aren't doing as |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. By that logic you can't reward... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Baloney. That's like saying an athlete would give up and stop training |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Except that it doesn't... |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Exactly, and just what I stated. People strive to do their best and improve. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
81. Ah, so you subscribe to the one test is God theory. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
101. Then, |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
139. Is it part of athletic training to make the "worst-performing" athletes wear an identifier |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
74. so were there a law that we must display our credit score on our person |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
156. I hope you aren't in education. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. I agree with polly |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. You think that a child with disabilities hasn't already learned that |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I don't think the entire system should be changed to benefit the very small minority... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. "Benefit the very small minority." |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #51 |
75. like prison. or an orwellian opus. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Republican talking point |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
103. OMG!!! |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
141. Actually you are advocating just that. "Top performers" = (by the very nature of the |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #141 |
159. Not true.... |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. They're standardized tests. If everyone somehow got high marks, they renorm them |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
157. Okay, you've outed yourself. Have fun voting for Herman Cain. (Good name, wot?) |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
78. We'll put you in charge of talking down to the disabled students |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
100. Yes, indeed, |
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Marnie (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
137. Good students are rewarded with good grades and a chance to |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
117. It is done in sports and life all the time. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #117 |
142. Athletes wear badges that identify their ability ranking everywhere they go? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
72. shame and punishment |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
96. Oh. You. No surprise. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
106. Your thoughts on this are idiotic....and republican. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
107. Except |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #107 |
152. Maybe illegal... still a good idea... |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
134. Be careful what you wish for Cid. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
155. Are you joking?? Have you ever seen one of those standardized tests? I have, in PA. IT IS A FARCE. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
88. +1 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
116. Which is more wrong? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Did you omit the sarcasm tag? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Team sports are voluntary, but kids have to win a place on the team. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #119 |
120. I teach high school. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. I don't like the tests. But I don't have a problem with rewarding the |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. You are failing to make the distinction between grades and standardized testing. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #122 |
144. That is absolutely SICK. It brought tears to my eyes. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #121 |
143. Having everyone use different colored notebooks & id cards while |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. There is a lawsuit here. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. + |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. A winnable one. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. This is NOT even remotely equivalent to a caste system |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
114. But in most schools students who excel are given privileges. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #114 |
125. Did I say that? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. You spoke of extending privileges. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. They shoulod do more. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #127 |
135. Most schools offer less than a half hour for lunch. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. The bottom line is that corporations want to demoralize kids |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Good point. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
110. The phrase you are looking for is... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm reminded of The Wave. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wow. Black is good and white is bad. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
76. the black and gold as status indicators coincidentally represent classes of credit card |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. This guy should be matching paint chips at HomeDepot |
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DocMac (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. Another reason to bully these young people! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hmmm. I wonder, is this an inclusive school, that has mentally handicapped students mainstreamed |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. California. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Oh dear. Is the 'sensitive' setting a bit low? One word subject lines (the state name) |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Orange County's practically another planet. nt |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
123. . |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. We don't want the kids to bully, but |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. What happened? Did the school misplace its stocks? |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. Highly illegal. My principal told us not to even put star charts |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
104. That is correct. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
21. Lol... So dumb... |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Oh great. One more things for bullies to beat up nerds to take from them. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
53. I had the second highest test scores in my high school... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. Reminds me of the brown eyes/blue eyes experiment in 1968 by |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
85. I remember that experiment.....very telling. Found the transcript. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
153. that's what immediately thought of too |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. If I was a student, I would try to figure out how to color my ID red or green or purple |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
98. That works. Me, I'd just make black IDs for everybody. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. Well, isn't that nice. Now you ARE your test score. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Redundant -- the kids already know who's smart and who's stupid |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. And how nice to be put in the "stupid" category |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
77. But without the program being smart only opens you up to bullying, not privileges |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. Now the are helping the bullies. FUCKING ASSHOLES!!! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. This is plainly illegal. It is as if a teacher posts grades publically! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Results from the California Standard Tests are not grades, but you are probably correct |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. That's kind of splitting hairs, isn't it? (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
132. Not really |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
82. You can get around such rules. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #82 |
145. Honor roll is students who make high GPA: usually 3.0, 3.5. 4.0. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #145 |
158. That depends on how you're tracking. I took the top level courses, mostly AP by my junior year. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. In the subculture of high achievers, as you say. Fact remains, it's a subculture. Not the majority. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. Have they considered making them wear colored patches on their clothes? n/a |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
146. Stars are a nice shape & the symbolism fits. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. I'm torn |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Why did you work hard for good grades? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Actually, so that I could make my parents proud and get a |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. And I'm guessing you didn't go around telling people with lower test scores how stupid they were. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. whatever |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
91. Why does anyone do anything? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. No, you do not need more info. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. why? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. There are always special needs kids in the public schools. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I understand what you're saying..... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. There are special needs students in every school. Inclusion is the LAW. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I understand. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. "As a grad of a Catholic high school, I never saw a special needs child." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #84 |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
147. Because Catholic schools didn't use to be funded by federal dollars & didn't have to |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #147 |
151. Good post. Now many get public money as charter schools. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. not in my Catholic school |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
148. Your Catholic school was a PRIVATE school. As such it's irrelevant to this discussion. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
95. For every kid who has a legitimate learning disability |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
90. There are many ways to recognize achievement |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
115. It's not even based on grades. |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. The net impact of this could well be that students carrying the |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
42. My recollection is that the "gold card" kids bullied both the top and the bottom |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
46. The color hierarchy of American Express.. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
149. wow. that is orwellian -- it can't be by chance that they adopted the same colors. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. "privileges that are of a public nature, such as faster lunch lines, will no longer be in place." |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #52 |
80. some posters here will be disappointed by these changes |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Often this forum is not teacher friendly nor student friendly.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. the poster that you and others are arguing with doesn't think we should do anything about bullying |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:35 PM Original message |
Suggests they'll try subtler methods of segregating the students instead. (nt) |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
57. At my high school, the black card kids would have been bullied |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
61. This is wrong in so many ways. That Principal needs another job. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
62. Do they pay a licensing fee to Norte Dame University? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. The cease and desist letter is on its way from South Bend n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. I'm not sure you can trademark an ethnic stereotype |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
94. Absolutely. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
66. If i was a parent of a child at that school I.would take their Id from them |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
70. Awesome! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
73. I like being a Delta. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
89. What an outrage! Oh, btw, here's your letterman's jacket, sweetie. I'm so proud of you! |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
93. Time for someone in school to make a killing by making and selling ID and Planner |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
99. this is one of the most disgusting things I've ever heard of |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
102. As India makes energetic attempts to throw off her Cast system, the USA... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
105. This is fucking bad, now matter how you spin it. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
108. We must not allow the Morlocks to mingle with the Eloi. nt |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
109. This is like basic training in the early 1980s... |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
111. This school can expect to be told "cease and desist" using THAT Fighting Irish logo |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
112. More "Leave No Child Behind" insanities? |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
113. It doesn't get any scummier. n/t |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
124. With the advent of color copiers, scanners, & photo-editing software... |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
128. I remember trying out for the basketball team when I was in high school. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. + a million |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Wish I could rec this one. |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
130. Clear violation of many provisions of FERPA |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
133. Shaming the students is meaningless compared to HELPING them |
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Marnie (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
136. School districts usually have privacy policies covering their |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
138. I was shocked to read this. It's an invitation to the kind of thing that happened |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
150. How is this NOT a FERPA violation? n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
154. Tax-payers should demand to see the college transcripts of their school administrators. |
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