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Students Are Always Half Right In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Public Schools officials have enacted a policy that sets 50 percent as the minimum score a student can receive for assignments, tests and other work. District spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said, the 50 percent minimum gives children a chance to catch up and a reason to keep trying. If a student gets a 20 percent in a class for the first marking period, he or she would need a 100 percent during the second marking period just to squeak through the semester. The district and teachers union issued a joint memo to ensure staff members' compliance with the policy, which was already on the books but enforced only at some schools. At this rate, it won't be long before schools institute double extra credit Mondays and Fridays to ensure students don't take three day weekends.
50k minimum a year. That's called the Obama plan. Ever notice that his answer to every question and issue is to create a program of some kind or otherwise throw taxpayer money at it. The idea that individual citizens are accountable and responsible for themselves has evaporated from modern America.
Here's the deal. There isn't going to be a taxbase anymore when EVERYONE is on the dole. The system only works when there are CITIZENS out there making it work. The government has no money. The government cannot solve any problems. The government can't save you. The government is NOT magic or Santa Claus.You can vote a chicken in every pot all you want. It won't make more chickens appear.
It's the people. If the people are hard-working, honest, compassionate, and well-educated, the country will reflect it.
If the people are lazy, ignorant, thieves who are mean, selfish and incapable of taking responsibility for their own lives, the country will reflect it.
Grade inflation works the same way as monetary inflation. When everyone automatically gets a 50 minimum, 50 becomes the new 0. The fact that people who are this ignorant have been placed in positions to control the education of American children is terrifying.
Goatse is always half-bent over in Pittsburgh
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You're funny.
> some red states would rather pardon child murderers than raise teacher salaries
Really? I wasn't aware republicans were anti-death-penalty and anti-education.
> Fed, state, and local gov't wastes millions on ineffective programs that try to do systematically what a good teacher will do intuitively.
You're right, democrats waste millions on programs every day. Maybe Obama will "change" it!! HA!!!
Sitting listening to some idiot talk about something you already know is a valuable life skill that will stand you in good stead throughout your working life.
Oh my god!
You're a girl! On slashdot!
It's been a long time.