Dumbing Down of America? California School District to Start Handing out Cs for "Doing Absolutely Nothing at All"

Posted by UncommonSense 8 years, 6 months ago to Education
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Making little looters & moochers. Laziness rewarded and lower the initiative of potential producers all in one sweep. For what purpose?

For our safety? Nope.
For National Security? Nope
For the economy? Nope
For the children? Seriously? I'm to believe that?

The only thing I can see that is good from this is, the kids WON'T be well-indoctrinated with BS. So maybe this is a good thing?

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  • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It is an Earth Is Flat sort of phenomenon, and quite beyond me why this is not obvious.

    Jan
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have gotten into history lately, as there is a lot to learn there too. Amazing to me that the people of Venezuela are so wrapped up in their socialism, when its an obvious terrible failure.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have certainly learned more in the Gulch than I have in any civics, gov, or modern events class.

    Jan
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  • Posted by broskjold22 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A friend of mine went toward the GED after his sophomore year of high school. After I graduated and he earned his AA, we ended up at the same university. Unfortunately, he got a liberal arts education while I went to engineering school, but he saved a good chunk of time and money, essentially skipping two grades. But I will say that AP classes (and exams) make high school a bit more worthwhile.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Years of government indoctrination schools just demotivate students and take their natural motivation to learn. No wonder they are illiterate zombies
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I could learn more on YouTube from other people than in. Government indoctrination common core schools
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago
    Government indoctrination centers. That's all public schools are
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  • Posted by blackswan 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The dumbing down began over 40 years ago, not 25. Remember the "new" math? That was the beginning. Now, they don't even teach the "old" math. If you can home school, do so. If not, pray, because you're depending on luck for your child's education.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Easy evaluation. What better way to create a pool of cannon fodder and baby factories? Seig me no heils comrade that's all they are worth to Neapolitanos Schutz Staffel.
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Holy moly. I thought this post died & I moved on...log back in after a couple of days only to find this got hot. :S

    I agree: pull the kids out of pubik edukashaun now. We are living in scary times.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 6 months ago
    Interesting thought! Nothing goes in and no harm done...antilectually speaking that is.
    Maybe...just maybe, at some point they can be fed the truth...especially after they see how it all spectacularly failed!
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  • Posted by $ rainman0720 8 years, 6 months ago
    Makes me wonder...would one of these school officials consent to having open heart surgery performed by a doctor who graduated from one of their schools with an A- for only getting 8 questions right out of 10?
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  • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    We invested some effort in them, and have a couple of great employees...but your use of the term "cheated" is what I too feel like with respect to their formal education. No other word seems correct.

    Jan
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  • Posted by ProfChuck 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree, there is a huge difference between stupidity and ignorance. I feel sorry for all those kids that are being cheated by our education system. Many will never recover.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    We hired some of those folks...and they were not dumb people. After working for us for a number of years, their literacy has improved to a considerable degree.

    So here is the other thing to consider: Those illiterate freshmen are often intelligent and capable...and have nonetheless emerged from High School hating science, not understanding math, and without (as you say) the ability to read or to write an intelligible sentence.

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Competing for good grades was a big motivator for me. I enjoy learning and reading for their own sakes, but I also like to do well on an objective scale.

    Jan
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  • Posted by Solver 8 years, 6 months ago
    It's been a hard long road for regressivism but if all children are given Cs in this way then a major milstone of their equality and fairness schemes will finally be achieved.
    What they have planned after this will shock you.
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  • Posted by ISank 8 years, 6 months ago
    A couple years ago we had a district resource teacher ask our faculty "what would it take for a student to earn a zero" I replied "when they do zero work" clearly not expecting this answer she continued to share her great insight into student grades and future changes that she believed will happen. Well it looks like they have changed in Cali.
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  • Posted by $ Stormi 8 years, 6 months ago
    Parents don't rise up, because they have been told over and over, until they believe it, that schools know best. Stand back, support the programs, vote for the levies, and they will take care of everything.
    Parents really do doubt that they know best what their child needs. I can't believe it has come to this, but it has, so if the child gets a C, that is great, they do not question what they did to earn it, or what they did not learn academically. This government driven dumbing down began 25 years ago, and parents did nto wake up, and when some did, they were exposed to the delphi technique into going along.
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  • Posted by cem4881 8 years, 6 months ago
    Been going on for years. Not news to me. This is how the schools get federal money.
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  • Posted by bsmith51 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    What I didn't mention was that this was at a meeting to inform parents of the new, Outcome Based Education model about to be enacted in Washington state. The comment was by the lead spokeswoman at the event.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Perhaps that educator didn't know the answer him or her self. After all the college or university level degrees teaching attracts those in the bottom 20% of graduating high school seniors. Next up the list is sociology. Three main reasons to be a teacher? June, July, and August.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 6 months ago
    Does anyone accept an employee application under Junior College Two years? Yes a valid GED.Get them one of those puppies at 15 or so and a head start at a decent JC or tech school. translate to Bachelors by age 20. You don't have to attend highschool to attend football games or proms. What else are they good for?

    The humor part is when they take these and try to get a scholarship. Maybe a government grant sure but a scholarship?

    Pathetic. But they grow up thinking there is such a thing as balanced budgets with a surplus and the moon is made of green cheese. Then they take the initial military entry exam.....next question... where's the welfare line? They have people that will fill out the form for you.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 6 months ago
    I couldn't understand why my sons weren't doing better in school. I talked to everyone, from teachers to shrinks. I almost failed to talk to the most important folk, my sons themselves. After much questioning and discussion, I discovered the problem -- they were bored. I challenged them by setting up projects for them to do and they would do comparison grading for their school projects. The kids improved but the school didn't grade very well. The "C" problem probably works because the parents aren't paying attention. If ever there was a program that got parents up in arms, this would be it -- but it doesn't seem to matter all that much to them.
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