Yes.
Not that I remember ...
Posted on 05/02/2019 7:26:23 AM PDT by EinNYC
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sho thang MASA
I went to the HS of Art and Design. Guess they will define tagging as true art if they haven’t already:-)
A few years ago, I was called by a tenured EE prof (I had taught in that department long before) to take his advance communications theory class so that he could do some research. While giving an exam, I wandered the bldg to see what was being taught. With only one exception (a music theory class) the rest were absolute jokes and not worth of even a middle school (when public schools were actually good).
Never was there a group of conservatives so concerned about a public school. Sheesh.
“Didn’t we bail out NYC in the 70s?”
Yes.
I am a machine tools instructor. I have supposedan high school graduates who can’t do order of operations to figure speeds and feeds. they can’t convert fraction to deCima and decimal to fraction. Some have never had geometry
Yep. And they sure are interested in propping up this public school.
To me, the reason to homeschool wasn't about the schools' "dumbing down." It was that school officials were treating the kids like numbers, forcing medication onto the boys, and pushing a political agenda. They didn't really seem to care about the kids.
Was this in CA?
If so, then the complaining parents should know that in order to avoid lawsuits against discriminating AA policies, Kali will automatically accept some percentage of the top students at each CA HS.
Therefore, the "top" X% of students from South Central, Compton, etc., might not have a problem, save for maybe a hard science program at Berkeley, or the like.
That means the apples of their parents eyes may not be so smart in whatever HS they're attending.
We’re definitely seeing some of that in GA.
The intent is to dumb-down the USA population in an effort to “level the playing field” both intellectually and financially on the world stage.
In STEM, there's another reason. The number of humanities courses that must be taken has been upped, making it difficult to fit the required STEM courses into what used to be a standard 4 year period. It can be done, but it requires a heavier course load because its augmented by crap courses.
It’s the easiest thing in the world to get ‘cheers’ these days by LOWERING standards.
Schools to stay top-tier have to keep a critical mass of students who could move elsewhere or go to private schools. If those students or their parents feel marginalized by a broader spectrum of students, they'll leave in droves. I've seen it happen.
Also, keep in mind that the less qualified quota students are replacing student who are more qualified. That in itself lowers the standards.
You’ll enjoy this ray of hope. I still do some tutoring, though might be phasing out this year. I’ve encountered a situation where a community college professor of the class for those who couldn’t pass a very basic math test (even though they’d guessed their way through required HS tests) did something really good. No calculators! Put away the computers! Write everything out! Sure enough, once those adults actually had to do math, including long division, per cents, decimals, proportions etc without a calculator, they got better!
I had a seminar at a mostly minority school in Queens. There was an overwhelming odor of oil paint (I actually had to leave due to a medical breathing emergency a little while later). Turns out the school (actually, its lesbian principal) hired professional graffiti artists to cover the hall walls on all floors with urban graffiti, in order to make the students feel "more at home". I kid you not. At least they could have drawn pictures of scientists, planets, fields of crops, something occupation oriented. But no--it was distorted faces, people in urban settings, and other crap like that. The message I perceived was "You are ghetto, and that's all you should aspire to be."
Yep in California.
The local students have a couple of problems.
1. Out of state and Arabic Students pay top $’s over what a
Cali kid would pay as a state resident. So they get first okays.
2. You touched on #2. Students from Oakland, Richmond, LA and other tough areas can have straight A’s for not shooting a teacher or fellow student. If a kid not from one of those areas, sinned and made a B, they don’t get accepted.
Bingo!
In STEM, there’s another reason. The number of humanities courses that must be taken has been upped, making it difficult to fit the required STEM courses into what used to be a standard 4 year period. It can be done, but it requires a heavier course load because its augmented by crap courses.
“So, now those 4 year courses magically become 5-7 year courses due to the crap courses.”
“Also, keep in mind that the less qualified quota students are replacing student who are more qualified. That in itself lowers the standards.”
Amazing how that happens, and in 3-4 years, the standards are really lowered.
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