I concur. They need to keep their mediocre mitts out of education.

A whole lot worse.

You're just about right. The SATs have been dumbed down so much that a current combined score of 1200 would barely get you 800 on the late 60s test. I read this over 5 years ago so it must be worse today.

I always said to myself "If someone else can do it, I can do it, and do it better." Seemed to work fine. Of course, I didn't spend my childhood glued to the boob tube, trying to prove to someone that I was some faux inner-city thug, or trying to one-up the snotball "popular" girls in school... breaks my heart that I missed out on so much... like getting the you-know beat out of me, or becoming a lifelong 3rd shift assistant janitor's junior helper (and shop steward), or the finer education opportunities in prison... -shudder-

How many reports have we heard about colleges having to provide remedial education because students weren't ready for college level classes? How does that play into the increasing cost of higher education? What does it say about the level of High school graduates?

Truly pathetically unprepared. I won't even say under prepared. There is no preparation.

Oh, the Fair Share essay. Bonus points for Stalin references.

New Standardized SAT English Portion Essay Topic:

Detail three different occasions in which you fought for Social Justice (grammar and spelling optional).

yes, but no bacon.. you don't want to offend anyone..

I remember having a discussion with one of my teachers in high school. This would have been about 1980. He said I was fortunate to be graduating soon because the new Department of Education was going to increase standards and require more science courses and more math courses with calculus being a requirement to graduate. That hasn't worked out so well. How far can we lower the bar?

It's an attempt to make sure they don't have hurt feelings by making that 1600 far more accessible to all... especially since it's not their fault they were too busy f'ing off or being a poser in class to pay attention or doing more important things after school like playing video games rather than that boring homework... Grrr...

You said it! Personally, I wanted to do the best I could. I didn't wish to be a dumb ass. And I liked that competitive spirit to do better than someone else. That's far more desirable than abject apathy.

Well, the bar is dragging in the dirt at the moment... With the worms?

I can has Marxburger?

Yesh.