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  No Child Left Behind Testing

  by skeeter1 in

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  around the us, 6th graders (and alot of other grades) are preparing for this spring's standardized testing.

  when "we" grew up, the standardized tests were straigh forward math problems.

  the standardized math test is now only 16 questions long, but they are all long, drawn out word problems.

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  Kudra

  I still think a 6th grader should be able to do that problem. Especially if a teacher had given them a few similar examples over the course of the year -which she should readily be able to do, as the teachers are "teaching to the tests".

  I'd actually like to see a standardized test and also see the curriculum for a 6th grade class...

  I have taught freshmen and sophmores at the university level and standards are definitely falling -many kids cannot do basic math or even write using correct grammar and spelling even with the help of "autocorrect".

  Skeeter, I am not at all criticising your child specifically -she probably *would* be able to readily do such a problem if teaching and expectations demanded it.
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  No Child Left Behind Testing

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. family

  around the us, 6th graders (and alot of other grades) are preparing for this spring's standardized testing.

  when "we" grew up, the standardized tests were straigh forward math problems.

  the standardized math test is now only 16 questions long, but they are all long, drawn out word problems.

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  Kudra

  ok, you wouldn't even have to do algebra to do that question. It is just figuring out the are aof a square and then figuring out the area of half a square. I would be surprised if a 6th grader couldn't do it.
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  No Child Left Behind Testing

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. family

  around the us, 6th graders (and alot of other grades) are preparing for this spring's standardized testing.

  when "we" grew up, the standardized tests were straigh forward math problems.

  the standardized math test is now only 16 questions long, but they are all long, drawn out word problems.

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  Kudra

  6th graders don't know how to do algebra and find the area of squares and triangles?

  I have heard that they teach math completely differently now (like, no multiplication tables or anything) and simple problems like that above are now impossible for kids.

  It's not impossible for kids that age to know how to do math like that. Many countries do it. We just don't.
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  My potential boss said Thanks you

  by Iamallcool in

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  is it bad grammar?.

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  Kudra

  I think you have officially thought MORE than twice about this!

  just kiddin'
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  untitled

  by RayPublisher in

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  2. bible

  the latest magazine has an article about being like noah- and the parallels between jws and noah are uncanny- it's amazing really!

  here's a couple of the pics:.

  (yes the captions have been tweaked a little...but not much!

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  Kudra

  An awesome picture of Noah et al would be with like, a polar bear, a tiger, a penguin, a panther, some emus, a kiwi bird, a tasmanian devil, a reindeer, and some of those mini-mammoths that were around ~4000 years ago.
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  untitled

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest magazine has an article about being like noah- and the parallels between jws and noah are uncanny- it's amazing really!

  here's a couple of the pics:.

  (yes the captions have been tweaked a little...but not much!

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  Kudra

  Does that first picture have a southern-hemisphere, marsupial-looking animal in it? (the thing with the ringed tail?)

  What are they trying to show/prove with that?
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  My potential boss said Thanks you

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
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  is it bad grammar?.

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  Kudra

  I accidentally type "thanks you" ALL the time in emails. Usually I see it and correct it but I am sure it has slipped through once or twice.

  This is a common error and you shouldn't think twice about it.
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  Um....You Might Want To Hold Off On That Asian Seafood

  by metatron in

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  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-19/meet-mike-most-radioactive-fish-ever-fukushima.

  yikes!.

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  Kudra

  Ha, I thought this was about the imitation calamari that was actually pig rectum.

  This was covered on NPR the other day. It is actually quite common. Sliced pig rectum... apparently in a taste test it was indistinguishable from the calamari slices...

  *shudder*
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  What Was Your "Status" Within The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  were you a sought after associate?.

  were you often invisible?.

  did other witnesses view you as "exemplary"?.

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  Kudra

  Interesting thread. A lot of very sad stories.
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  What Was Your "Status" Within The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  were you a sought after associate?.

  were you often invisible?.

  did other witnesses view you as "exemplary"?.

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  Kudra

  Interesting thread. A lot of very sad stories.