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To: Freee-dame
In fact many college classes no longer give a final exam, preferring a paper. I believe that the profs don't want to know how little actual knowledge their students have acquired.

That will be perfect!

Obama is an eloquent candidate for the status quo

He said that if his Republican opponent, John McCain, spent more time in America's schools, he would "understand that we can't afford to leave the money behind for No Child Left Behind; that we owe it to our children to invest in early childhood education; to recruit an army of new teachers and give them better pay and more support; to finally decide that in this global economy, the chance to get a college education should not be a privilege for the wealthy few, but the birthright of every American. That's the change we need in America."

29 posted on 06/22/2008 5:07:51 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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To: neverdem

My son had to write a paper about whether or not every child should get to go to college.

My son said that he didn’t think they should because some kids don’t want to go to school and learn. He said that only kids that work and want to learn should go to college.

My son was saying that in some of his middle school classes the teachers would give the kids an A just for doing a homework assignment (not even if it was correct), and kids would still get an F. My “lazy” son was appalled.


30 posted on 06/22/2008 5:45:59 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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