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Ben Franklin and Herby Hancock.
cmon man show some respect to the founding fathers. his full name is Herbert Hancock.
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Ben Franklin and Herby Hancock.
The Arizona test was given by the Goldwater institute... sounds pretty non-biased, right?Arizona also sucks.
Oklahoma really sucks, but kids aren't learning the same things that they used to learn. They aren't dumber, they just don't see the importance of learning that kind of stuff.
That 98% of Oklahoma high school students are mentally challenged.Because whats more likely: That 98% of Oklahoma high school students are mentally challenged, or that 98% of Oklahoma high school students are lazy, and dont care about polls, and just wanted to get the call over with?
That 98% of Oklahoma high school students are mentally challenged.
Here's a letter to the editor we received by e-mail Tuesday from a man in Coral Springs, Fla.:
"I read that 75 percent of high school students in your state cannot identify who the first president of the U.S. was. I also know that your two senators are wacky senator Imhoff (sic) and even wackier (if that's possibsle (sic)) senator Colburn (sic). Is anyone embarrassed for the reputation of Oklahoma? Can anyone in Oklahoma spell embarrass?"
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— Matthew Ladner, the research director of the Goldwater Institute, says, "Given the proper motivation, people from all over the world pass the test similar to the one given here at a rate of 92 percent on their first try. Oklahoma lawmakers should require students to pass the (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) exam in order to advance to high school." He's right: Motivation is key, but he's wrong that the carrot should be a student's right to a free public education. That would be counterproductive toward the greater goal of an educated society and probably illegal.
If you want to give teens motive to learning basic facts about civics and history, why not require all applicants for a driver's license to pass a basic civics test? There's some motive. Do that, and I think the real story about George Washington will get around pretty quickly.
Now, let's talk about a spelling test for people in Coral Springs, Fla. We'll ask Sen. Imhoff and Sen. Colburn if that's possibsle
How many fish can you name though?
I definately wouldnt question your qualifications. You seem overqualified, if anything.
My mother's a teacher, and she was telling me the other day about lots of new teachers who are now getting some kind of "alternative certification" where they dont even need education degrees.
I think they just put the wrong answer on purpose. I could see myself doing that in high school. Schools give you so many surveys and "how many times have you" tests that I would just fill in answers.
I don't know how I feel about the alternative certifications. I think those who support them will cite the previously mentioned "education" classes requiring a lot of finger painting and suggest that a person with a straight English major might be just as qualified to teach English and perhaps more so. On the other hand, I think that teaching is a skill apart from just the knowledge an instructor has. We know this because there are good teachers and bad.
"Snaking" the test, the kids call it here. That's when you just snake your way down that bubble answer sheet marking at random.
21% of journalists can't subtract 23 from 100
The Arizona test was given by the Goldwater institute... sounds pretty non-biased, right?
Anyways, I'd like to see the results of this test if they were given to students who were then told "Get 6 out of 10 right, or we're shipping you to Cuba with no money"