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 Apr 12 2006, 05:47 PM
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 Krista.  Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319  |
i saw this thing on oprah about how badly some schools in the US are doing. they say the US isn't even in the top 20 when it comes to education or something.
 for example: they asked a bunch of people what the first 5 presidents in the US were. a chinese girl got them all right. george washington, john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe....and then they asked some americans. some guessed abraham lincoln and most of them had no clue. i couldn't believe it! they live in america and don't even know the 1st president. bill gates and his wife are working to fix this educational crisis. what are your opinions on it?(i think this should be in debate) |
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Apr 14 2006, 03:57 PM
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I agree with Michael wholeheartedly. I had a gifted program for one year of elementary school, 5th grade, and we didn't really do anything and the only reason the program was in place was because my mom begged them. It was taken away after I went to middle school. I suffer now as a result of never having to try or do any work throughout all of elementary and middle school. I'm still not used to having to do homework. I used to be the "smart girl" in my grade - everyone would come to me for help, everyone would look up to me, all of my teachers loved me...now I'm ranked 34 out of my class of 135. I'm sure if I had been kept at MY pace of learning as a youngster, I would be much higher now.
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marzipan education crisis Apr 12 2006, 05:47 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura No one cares about the previous presidents unless ... Apr 12 2006, 05:49 PM
swtcherriipie QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Apr 12 2006, 6... Apr 12 2006, 05:52 PM marzipan but shouldn't everyone know that?! it... Apr 12 2006, 05:50 PM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(marzipan @ Apr 12 2006, 3:50 PM) bu... Apr 12 2006, 05:55 PM Blow_Don't_SUCK ha, and when I first migrated here, Americans call... Apr 12 2006, 05:50 PM tic tac. QUOTE(Blow_Don't_SUCK @ Apr 12 2006, 3... Apr 12 2006, 05:54 PM swtcherriipie QUOTE(marzipan @ Apr 12 2006, 6:47 PM) i ... Apr 12 2006, 05:51 PM Chii QUOTE(Blow_Don't_SUCK @ Apr 12 2006, 6... Apr 12 2006, 05:52 PM marzipan QUOTE(Chii @ Apr 12 2006, 5:52 PM) Is the... Apr 12 2006, 05:54 PM marzipan they're trying to spread the word and show kid... Apr 12 2006, 05:53 PM Blow_Don't_SUCK QUOTEIs there a reason as to why you labelled the ... Apr 12 2006, 05:54 PM marzipan yeah, they said some kids were failing and just ga... Apr 12 2006, 05:55 PM Blow_Don't_SUCK QUOTE(marzipan @ Apr 12 2006, 6:55 PM) ye... Apr 12 2006, 05:59 PM Smoogrish I think it's just a matter of what they're... Apr 12 2006, 05:55 PM marzipan no, not everyone in the world! but sry, i just... Apr 12 2006, 05:57 PM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(marzipan @ Apr 12 2006, 3:57 PM) no... Apr 12 2006, 09:38 PM marzipan ^ hahahaha. Apr 12 2006, 06:03 PM taggy505 Oh yeah, I heard about this. It was also on an epi... Apr 12 2006, 06:07 PM Zatanna Moved to Debate Apr 12 2006, 06:42 PM L!ckitySplit meh, jesus we're not that dumb.
we know more ... Apr 12 2006, 09:28 PM damn penguin. i think it's because since we're in Americ... Apr 13 2006, 10:39 AM illumineering It's ironic that rote memorization is lauded a... Apr 13 2006, 10:58 AM CrackedRearView Leave it to Bill and Melinda Gates to politicize a... Apr 13 2006, 11:04 AM ROARxD does the order of president really matter?
but the... Apr 13 2006, 11:14 AM CrackedRearView QUOTE(ROARxD @ Apr 13 2006, 11:14 AM) doe... Apr 13 2006, 11:44 AM marzipan QUOTE(ROARxD @ Apr 13 2006, 11:14 AM) but... Apr 13 2006, 04:31 PM Indiscriminate Soul Personal interests has a lot to do with knowing th... Apr 13 2006, 04:50 PM mipadi Having spent a couple years in college, I am incli... Apr 13 2006, 05:54 PM x1049 We watched that in my Sociology class. It thorough... Apr 14 2006, 08:52 AM imnoxonesmemory i'm english. i've heard PUBLIC schools in ... Apr 14 2006, 08:58 AM |
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