and we've always been at war with Oceania...
Posted on 08/26/2012 2:23:51 PM PDT by SMGFan
Passing math class is about to become just a tad easier for some 9,600 Bayonne public school students. After several months of preparation and discussion, Bayonne public school officials have decided to lower the passing grade in all classes from 70 to 65 as part of a three-year pilot program. The reason: success leads to more success, according to Bayonne school honchos. "We have very high expectations and standards for each one of our students," Superintendent of Schools Patricia L. McGeehan said in a statement last week about the change. "However, we must be sensitive to the unique challenges they face and provide strategies and interventions that help students achieve their goals."
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They probably get 50 points just for showing up half the year.
The Jersey City Education Association has a slogan on the outside of its building “First in Quality Education”
“Pass/Fail” — you sure are one cold-hearted, judgmental, conservative. We don’t want to hurt the little darlings self-esteem, so let’s switch to Pass/Pass and call it a day.
IF “success leads to more success” why not lower to 50. They you’ll have even more success leading to ever more success.
Heck lower it to zero have the maximum amount of success possible.
and we've always been at war with Oceania...
but of course,,, what was i thinking???
Bayonne, NJ produced Barney Frank, how could it get worse?!
Calling failure success does not make it success.
But relabeling failure as success doesn't really make it success.
Don't we already have more than enough illiterate college graduates?
However, we must be sensitive to the unique challenges they face. What do you say to idiotic things like this. High paid baby sitters while thier parents trudge through the day at the social service office gathering foodstamps, welfare, social security, disability and a host of obama candy. A new generation of idiots passed on by high paid idiots with direction from the federal idiots in lew of education candy
However, we must be sensitive to the unique challenges they face. What do you say to idiotic things like this. High paid baby sitters while thier parents trudge through the day at the social service office gathering foodstamps, welfare, social security, disability and a host of obama candy. A new generation of idiots passed on by high paid idiots with direction from the federal idiots in lew of education candy
Has this been happening throughout the country? This cannot be the first time.
It was a parody not so much of the Village People as of the then-current recruiting commercials, which showed the exciting parts of Navy life (flight ops, ASW tracking, liberty call in exotic ports, etc.) accompanied by driving music. So the fellas at SNL thought it’d be fun to use the same format, the same music, and instead have the ship in-port in New Jersey (short of New York City itself obviously the part of the world the New Yorkers in the audience least needed to join the Navy to see), and the crew doing the normal cooking, cleaning and maintenance type stuff.
Here’s one of the original commercials...
...and here’s the transcript of the SNL parody. No video, but you can use your imagination.
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78onavy.phtml
A case of defining failure down.
We had A, B, C, D and E. E was failing and was 74 and lower. 93 and up was A.
Are they saying their students have some genetic deficiency that prevents them from learning the complexities of elementary math?
Having spent six months living in Bayonne (six months of my life that I want back), can’t say I’m surprised. Bayonne is one of the few places I know of where you have white people living in the projects. Did you know there is also a trailer park in town?
Dumbing down dumber.
Professional educators rarely understand this.
Why? Because they rarely understand math. Most people who major in education do so because they are not very good at science and math. Teachers who are good at science and math usually major in those subjects and then get into education and teach them.
Most of those in the bureaucracy are scientifically and mathematically illiterate. There are exceptions, but not many.
My personal experience with education majors is that most are concerned with “feelings” and have little use for facts. In addition, they are far more concerned with the feelings of the failing students, the “at risk” students, and the disruptive students than they are with the kids who are successful. They never stop to think about the feelings of the smart and/or hard-working kids whose achievements are devalued by inflating the grades of those who did not work as hard.
And btw, if it were up to me, a kid would have to get at least 90% to go on to the next level of math. The only reason I don’t say 100% is because I’m willing to allow for some “stupid mistakes” as opposed to deficits in understanding.
Like lazy, unqualified teachers!
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