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Pinnacle, Online Grades, Skipping School and More
Ishkibble writes "The Matrin County School
Board has a new way of post a student's
grades online for a parent to check. Pinnacle is the name of the
program, a simple java applet. Not only does Pinnacle log student's grades, but
also attendance and conduct. The way grades are accessed are by inputting the
first 6 digits of your social security number and the first 5 letters of your
last name. With a logon system as simple as this, one has to question the
security and privacy of the students. This has been making my life a living
hell for the past 2 months, every night my parents go on and check to see if i have any homework and won't let me do anything till it's done"
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Look at this annoying ass stock graphic they used. Makes me want to barf.
The best solution I see to this problem is to begin misbehaving so much that your parents no longer focus on your grades, but that you "don't end up in jail after graduating." Use your goof off time to study things you really care about, then go to college and do 10X's better than all your moron friends who can't think critically after being public school drones. You'll be happy while your classmates flunk out and become drunks, and you end up actually enjoying learning for the first tine in your life.
Or maybe -- wait -- you find out college isn't for you, and you do something else. So many options. Too bad the early education system here totally ruins them.
Fact is, if you don't occasionally help the kids 'clean' their room, you might just miss a dime bag of pot.
Ahem, if you're going to pick on drugs then at least pick a genuinely dangerous one like Heroin. You Americans need to lighten up and realise that cannabis should be *LEGALIZED* because it's *NOT DANGEROUS*!
== Jez ==
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