I think "public school" in Hong Kong has the same meaning as it does in the UK. It is kind of the opposite of what the rest of the world seems to mean by "public" school.
Seriously, the Milwaukee Public School system has the highest per student funding in the state of Wisconsin and it is consistently the worst in academics and violence, etc. Funding levels really don't equate all that well with academic success of the students.
Yup, as i pointed out above, trying to discern whether a doctor actually knows "his stuff" is ridiculous. We should simply allow anyone who can spell doctor to examine patients and write prescriptions or perform surgery. After all, any type of measurement is stupid.
We should probably also have that same attitude towards engineers and pilots. I mean, come on, there is absolutely no way "in a work environment with professionals" to determine whether they qualify to do those jobs.
One thing that is obvious from wisnokij's post is obvious though: It is fairly simple to fashion a test to measure whether someone is full of shit.
Factoring in "how this particular child got to this point" is only relevant when deciding on next steps; it has no bearing on whether the particular has learned anything.
Would you use a doctor that only knows 70% of what is considered necessary to be a doctor and feel good about doing so because the poor thing had a rough upbringing and can't be expected to learn everything? If not, why would you do that when deciding whether a kid should receive a diploma?
(I'm not suggesting that this is mlookaba's opinion, just expanding on a theme he brought up.)
Well, we could actually write tests that measure things that will be useful in the real world.
You're attitude towards testing in education is about the same as a programmer claiming that writing unit tests for code will only lead to code written only to pass tests and that has no real world application. Thousands of projects, at least, show that it is possible to write useful real-world code while also passing unit tests.
Yes, you do have a reasonable expectation of privacy from the legal standpoint. People are not naive for expecting that people at all those companies have better things to do than sniff packets and read the contents all day long as that is not why those companies exist.
You may be correct that people should not expect it in actuality but they most certainly should be expecting it legally and even more so should be expecting that the government isn't doing any looking.
It is attitudes like yours that promote the erosion in the first place.
The original intent of the framers of the constitution of the US most definitely would have included email and remote electronic document storage to be no different that the US Post or a safe deposit box.
And what is that number exactly? It is fewer than incidents involving the daily cleaning ritual but why bother with reality when an asshole has a chance to bad-mouth a political opponent.
Actually, the NRA readily admits that a certain percentage of gun owners are not only irresponsible but should not be gun owners. The NRA usually refers to them as known criminals.
Two things... 1) How would it be possible for anybody to do something to it with a gun? It is being proposed well inside California where guns are pretty much outlawed. 2) Stop being an ass.
Not that construction most anywhere is immune from the problem but I would be willing to wager that much of NYC's money uis being spent to satisfy the "needs" of a few millionaire "blue-collar" guys.
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School funding in Wisconsin is at least 2/3's state-funding and the large urban district, Milwaukee Public Schools, are the worst in the state.
I think "public school" in Hong Kong has the same meaning as it does in the UK. It is kind of the opposite of what the rest of the world seems to mean by "public" school.
who would care?
Depends on the location as to how powerful the teacher's union is.
So, did you also learn that a factoid is something that, while appearing to be factual, is actually an incorrect statement (IOW, not in fact, a fact).
Seriously, the Milwaukee Public School system has the highest per student funding in the state of Wisconsin and it is consistently the worst in academics and violence, etc. Funding levels really don't equate all that well with academic success of the students.
Yup, as i pointed out above, trying to discern whether a doctor actually knows "his stuff" is ridiculous. We should simply allow anyone who can spell doctor to examine patients and write prescriptions or perform surgery. After all, any type of measurement is stupid.
We should probably also have that same attitude towards engineers and pilots. I mean, come on, there is absolutely no way "in a work environment with professionals" to determine whether they qualify to do those jobs.
One thing that is obvious from wisnokij's post is obvious though: It is fairly simple to fashion a test to measure whether someone is full of shit.
Factoring in "how this particular child got to this point" is only relevant when deciding on next steps; it has no bearing on whether the particular has learned anything.
Would you use a doctor that only knows 70% of what is considered necessary to be a doctor and feel good about doing so because the poor thing had a rough upbringing and can't be expected to learn everything? If not, why would you do that when deciding whether a kid should receive a diploma?
(I'm not suggesting that this is mlookaba's opinion, just expanding on a theme he brought up.)
Well, we could actually write tests that measure things that will be useful in the real world.
You're attitude towards testing in education is about the same as a programmer claiming that writing unit tests for code will only lead to code written only to pass tests and that has no real world application. Thousands of projects, at least, show that it is possible to write useful real-world code while also passing unit tests.
Yeah, because it has resulted in a top-quality education for everyone and not just the kids of the privileged/ruling class everywhere else.
In several areas of the United States, public schools can be quite decent.
From things I've read and heard, in some areas of some Western European countries, public schools can be quite bad.
or whatever the hell you've been breathing...
A rose by any other name...
Yes, you do have a reasonable expectation of privacy from the legal standpoint. People are not naive for expecting that people at all those companies have better things to do than sniff packets and read the contents all day long as that is not why those companies exist.
You may be correct that people should not expect it in actuality but they most certainly should be expecting it legally and even more so should be expecting that the government isn't doing any looking.
It is attitudes like yours that promote the erosion in the first place.
The original intent of the framers of the constitution of the US most definitely would have included email and remote electronic document storage to be no different that the US Post or a safe deposit box.
They have less now than in decades past. Doing away with the ICC mostly took care of that.
OK. there was more than just the eyes that changed there. the "pre" photo looks like she is stoned.
Seriously. You can't recognize a unit conversion when you see it?
And what is that number exactly? It is fewer than incidents involving the daily cleaning ritual but why bother with reality when an asshole has a chance to bad-mouth a political opponent.
Actually, the NRA readily admits that a certain percentage of gun owners are not only irresponsible but should not be gun owners. The NRA usually refers to them as known criminals.
but isn't it much better to imply that all injuries are from the evil guns? (we don't even care what type of gun anymore)
Because that happens about 10 times a day already? What about this proposal would cause the pillars to become Peterbilt magnets?
Two things... 1) How would it be possible for anybody to do something to it with a gun? It is being proposed well inside California where guns are pretty much outlawed. 2) Stop being an ass.
The Teamsters don't really have a huge stranglehold on freight moving up and down the highways.
Not that construction most anywhere is immune from the problem but I would be willing to wager that much of NYC's money uis being spent to satisfy the "needs" of a few millionaire "blue-collar" guys.
straightened curves... flattened hills... sounds like Hazzard County instead of California
Until the TSA decides that those farmers might be terrorists and require a fence ten feet higher than the top of the tube.