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No wonder young Americans feel so important, when half of them finish high school as A students
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Posted on 07/19/2017 5:54:35 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

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To: ameribbean expat
I can think of one MAJOR invention many of us here at FR DIDN'T HAVE back in our school days when we'd be forced to go all the way to the library when encountering problems with homework: INTERNET ACCESS & GOOGLE SEARCHES!

Because EVERYTHING CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET, there is NO EXCUSE for a student to get anything LESS than straight A's in school these days. NONE.

Kids getting A's nowadays SHOULD BE PRACTICALLY EFFORTLESS AND NO BIG DEAL because of Internet access.

21 posted on 07/19/2017 6:50:57 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: Do the math
This is why I'm a bad professor, half of my last calculus class failed.

Naaah. I'll bet it's because you are a racist or homophobe or both. Or maybe just a patriarchal misogynist!

(Keep failing them if they don't know the stuff! Passing them does no one any good.)

22 posted on 07/19/2017 6:51:19 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Do the math
Our son took advantage of after class sessions and got As in all three Calc classes I II III. Ditto for Physics I II III. Help is available if you are willing to ask and work hard. He is working on his EE.
23 posted on 07/19/2017 6:53:48 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Fiddlstix

Agreed with that statement. Theyd think it was an LGBT foursome.


24 posted on 07/19/2017 6:54:23 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat
And yet it's the valedictorian who doesn't get the diploma for saying a prayer during the graduation speech.

-PJ

25 posted on 07/19/2017 6:55:11 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Do the math

GOD bless and keep you....we need ALL profs and teachers to be just like YOU!


26 posted on 07/19/2017 6:56:36 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: ameribbean expat

Local schools can’t lose their accreditation or they lose their money, so keep the numbers up and give all those kids who got trophies for simply playing soccer an A.

Now, the real question. Who is behind this social psychology creating young adults who can’t handle reality and, and, ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE? Heroin/Opioid addicts...hmmm.

Those enforcing these policies should be jailed or at the least, lose their licenses.


27 posted on 07/19/2017 6:57:51 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: dhs12345
Tell him to take as many control systems classes as possible. There are a lot of good jobs for EE’s with a good background in control theory.
28 posted on 07/19/2017 6:59:45 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

But they can’t THINK and have no real idea how to do REAL research. They also stupidly believe that everything posted on line if factual/true.


29 posted on 07/19/2017 7:00:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Do the math

Will do! My favorite back in the day. Digital Controls, too. Took Systems Theory grad class. Sadly I never applied it. Thanks! Son was asking. He is through his core science and math.

Again, THANKS!


30 posted on 07/19/2017 7:08:14 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: nopardons

Thanks. I am fortunate to teach upper level math courses. My pass/fail rate in the grad courses are often very good. I feel sorry for the lectures and instructors who only teach freshmen because they are under a lot of pressure to pass more students.


31 posted on 07/19/2017 7:09:23 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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To: ameribbean expat

Of all the many jobs I’ve had in my life, never once did an employer in a job interview, ask what my grades were.

Employers want experience. They want drive.


32 posted on 07/19/2017 7:12:33 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
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To: Daffynition

True.


33 posted on 07/19/2017 7:14:17 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Fiddlstix
GEEEZ! Given The Modern American School System....
NONE Of Them Have Heard Of a quadratic equation.


Why bother working hard in school? In a few short years they are destined to be less intelligent than their phones no matter how hard they work. //not really sure if this is sarcasm or not
34 posted on 07/19/2017 7:15:03 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: Do the math
And therein lies a major problem....profs being made to feel that they just have to pass substandard students, who probably NEVER should have been admitted in the first place.

That it has now sunk down to the high school level and is so damned pervasive, is very depressing!

35 posted on 07/19/2017 7:16:05 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: dhs12345

I’m old school, my control theory course was analog. With modern controls your son could work on robotics, in the oil patch, HVAC companies, refineries, etc. Tell him to find a company that offers internships to get practical experience.


36 posted on 07/19/2017 7:22:12 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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Can you say, “Students who have no business passing their high school classes are being passed due to teachers being threatened with disciplinary action if they don’t pass nearly every student”? That’s why the GPAs are so seemingly high. And when the “graduates” take the SATs, the rubber really hits the road and their true academic achievement level-—dismal as it is-—is revealed.


37 posted on 07/19/2017 7:23:36 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Do the math

Analog. Me too. I designed power supplies out of college. A lot of fun. Unfortunately, demand for power supply designers dropped off and so I changed direction into a different engineering discipline.

You nailed it — he needs practical experience. He has a knack for learning and applying what he has learned but he needs experience with the ins and outs, the tools, the nomenclature, and the devices and processes. I can help here. I have been in the electronics field for a while.


38 posted on 07/19/2017 7:33:24 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: nopardons

Your post is wrong.


39 posted on 07/19/2017 7:38:53 PM PDT by impimp
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To: Do the math

Forgot, we are planning on getting him into an internship next summer.

I have been looking over his shoulder and letting his guidance councilor make recommendations. I’ll recommend Control Theory.


40 posted on 07/19/2017 7:39:19 PM PDT by dhs12345
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