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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.
That's the Green Party. No, I'm not joking.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
You are an idiot.
Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what diversity score someone named "Ebony Pugh" would rate...And do you think Bill Cosby needs to visit and enlighten them with his new Responsibility speech.
or...should they just shut the schools down and set up a big coke selling operation with some ho's as decoration.
Which school classes exactly helped you in the real world? Had a need to solve a cubic equation at work lately? Your car wouldn't start without you knowing quantum physics. Lets face it, every day life and work need completely different skills, and not ones that can be measured by a test with point score. Even programming needs zero math skills.
Yes, a good school grade will get you into a good university and a good diploma might lend you a higher-paying jobs. But that is just an admission that our education system is essentially as good as a Madrassa where learning consists of memorizing Quran verses. If someone can get away with a life experience degree from a "quality non-accredited Internet-based college", I say more power to them.
Look at the spokesperson who wrote it. "Ebony".
I'd be willing to bet my truck that this is to help the "underpriviledged ghetto children" to achieve something they can't in "normal methods" because of "the white man keeping them down (insert any cliche' here) or ???.
Simplistic, really. Look to the people initiating the rule, look to their own children and how they are doing in school.
Better hope to GOD that these kids don't transfer to another district that doesn't implement these policies. As a first grader, I was skipped at the semester break to 2nd grade. At the end of the year, my family moved. The new school didn't believe in "skipping", so I repeated the 2nd grade. That was pretty much the end of me giving a flying fuck about school.
--Toll_Free