"PRESSURE to be gay"??
lol, wtf.
Someone should report this article ot a medical group or something like that -it is SO damaging! I can't believe that there are people writing this sort of thing in 2013...
Posts by Kudra
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23WT wisdom - Same sex attraction does not mean you are gay
by irondork ingiven the confusion faced by gay youth in trying to navigate through a larger, hetero culture, the last thing these kids need is for a religious "authority" to come along and tell them they don't really exist.
that is exactly what the wt has done with this article at jw.org:.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.
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Nursing School
by sooner7nc ini start the journey towards getting a degree as a registered nurse on jan. 14th, 2013. wish me luck.. .
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Kudra
Great! RNs, PAs and NPs all make a lot of $ and it seems like you can find a job easily, anywhere!
And there are always a ton of cute nurses in those classes ;-)
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I've recently read a few books by Neil Gaiman and I *absolutely* recommend him -so delightful, such fun!
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No Child Left Behind Testing
by skeeter1 inaround 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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Well, I think the tests are likely not good for a gauge of how our kids are doing but I still think that a 6th grader should be able to do that multi-step area of a square problem.
I also think we should avoid getting our knickers in a knot about it because I doubt anyone here has any sort of advanced degree in education philosophy... or maybe someone *does* and they can pipe in about the age-appropriateness of that problem...
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No -I haven't even heard of Wilkie Collins but will go check it out -I am continually buying books... :)
Oh -I also have David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest lined up (but am a little afraid!)
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I really have been slacking on my reading -finally out of school and I can read "for fun" and I haven't been using my time to the full!
I am ending up HP Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness (it includes ~5 other of his short stories). I just purchased a collection of Borges' short stories that I'll dig into next.
At night I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep -now I am going through The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Rodert Mlodinow. Neat stuff, I have to listen to chapters multiple times so that I really understand it...
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No Child Left Behind Testing
by skeeter1 inaround 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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Yes, I do realize that my Montessori kids were likely *not* a representative sample of what the average kid is -but throw those Montessori kids in with "the general population" and they would probably not do as well- indicating that the high standards and positive family support really helps.
So, off topic, there were two little boys there that were JWs. They let me know this when we were making a timeline of history of life on earth... I replied that we aren't doing any religious stuff that would bother their consciences but only learning about the facts. :-)
Those two little boys, not knowing that I was an ex-JW were pretty naughty, sharing YouTube videos with bad words, not applying themselves to the assignments. They were actually the "worst" students in the group... tsk tsk.
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No Child Left Behind Testing
by skeeter1 inaround 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
Ha, the *one* kid who comes to mind at the university level that blew me away was from Korea. And he even had to go back to Korea mid-semester for a family emergency.
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No Child Left Behind Testing
by skeeter1 inaround 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
The elementary kids I taught regularly blew me away with the work and creativity they would put into their assignments. I believe this was from being immersed in a culture of excellence and from the expectations of their parents.
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No Child Left Behind Testing
by skeeter1 inaround 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've also taught elementary school children. 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science.
The kids I taught were at a Montessori school and had been since kindergarten. Montessori kids (that have been in the program a long time) are notorious self-starters and the entire school excelled at the standardized tests and the teachers do not spend much time at all on test preparation.
I realize that I taught with what was probably an exceptional group and that my story isjust one anecdote.
But I still think kids *can* do this stuff and that we have a crisis in education that involves teachers, parents and kids not applying themselves.