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| Gaffes spell doom: Students’ sloppy letters aid charter schools’ approval |
| 2004-02-29 |
| EFL and not part of the WOT but kinda’ funny. All the proof state Board of Education member Roberta Schaefer needed to OK controversial new charter schools were the letters before her from public school students. Schaefer ridiculed the letters against a proposed school in Marlboro for their missing punctuation and sloppy spelling - including a misspelling of the word ``school’’ in one missive. ``If I didn’t think a charter school was necessary, these letters have convinced me the high school was not doing an adequate job in teaching English language arts,’’ Schaefer said. Despite the letter-writing campaign, which Schaefer said was orchestrated by school officials, the Marlboro-based Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School as well as new charter schools in Cambridge, Lynn and Barnstable were approved yesterday. |
| Posted by:whitecollar redneck |
| #15 Just as long as none of them wind up being civil engineers or architects there is a limit to the damage that one stupid individual is likely to cause. Yes, some will end up in law school, some in education. The rest will find their way into politics. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-29 8:46:57 PM |
| #14 Hey, Frank, do you think that you picked a bad example? Couple of crazy Civil's issuing fatwas? Actually, whitecollar redneck's article he posted has alot to do with the WoT. We were attacked because we were perceived as the Great Satan™. The Islamists see us as a corrupt, materialistic society, threatening the very existance of theirs, or what they perceive as their ideal society, ya know, Sharia, Quoran, Burkha City, etc. etc. But the other reason that we were attacked was because we let our guard down, we were not aware of the threats out there, we chose to ignore them, or it wasn't anything to worry about because we were fat, dumb, and happy. Our educational system has been dumbing down since the mid 60's. We are worrying about feelings, rather than results. Good self esteem comes from substance, not feelings. We spend huge amounts on special education, and have ignored the just plain Joes that make this country work. The top 10% will do well, despite everything, because the parents will overcome any obstacle to instill that spirit of achievement and critical thinking into their kids. Now we have less and less people doing more of the real thinking and work. This country is literally living on its laurels, previous generation's sacrifices, and the fat of the land. It is literally rotting out from inside. To fix it will require a tremendous effort. We have lost a good part of a generation. It will require leadership, which NONE of the existing political parties show. We have to get out of our narcissistic mode we are in, and put some time into working for the good of our communities, nation, and the world. Or our dedicated and talented military will be off somewhere protecting our lives, while we lose the war from within. More people should see whitecollar redneck's article he found. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-2-29 5:29:32 PM |
| #13 Hey! Alaska Paul and I went to public schools and we're both licensed civils! What are you saying? ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-29 3:56:55 PM |
| #12 Just as long as none of them wind up being civil engineers or architects there is a limit to the damage that one stupid individual is likely to cause. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-29 3:46:40 PM |
| #11 I'll bet the kids' self-esteem is just fine though. Isn't that what is really important here? |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-2-29 2:11:46 PM |
| #10 Massachusetts: A wholly owned subsidiary of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. You will never find a more self serving union. But it's... for the children, of course. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-29 12:40:36 PM |
| #9 That's what you get with a MarbleRow. You need to go to the Lucky School District. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-29 12:18:55 PM |
| #8 A friend of mine teaches English in China. When he arrived at his job, there was a pen-pal exchange program with America that had been set up by his predecessor. He had to stop the program, becuase the letters from Americans were so consistently full of misspellings and grammatical errors that they were retarding rather than increasing the ability of his students. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-2-29 11:44:16 AM |
| #7 That's right! Senator Kerry would never abandon a fellow soldier. It must be somewhere in Taxus with all the Bushies. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-2-29 11:41:22 AM |
| #6 gooks? Taxachusetts? Are you questioning Senator Kerry's patriotism? He served in Viet Nam, you know.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-29 11:30:52 AM |
| #5 Charles - It's Taxachusetts. Yup, that's my state. Thank you, Ted Kennedy, for your legendary contributions to American society... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-2-29 11:30:05 AM |
| #4 ...the Marlboro-based Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School... I think the letters are more diabolicle. The football team is obviously scared that many of the geeks will be transferring to the charter school. With that many vendors removed from the marketplace, the price for completed homework and term papers will soar. Maybe the gooks will explain the secret of spellcheck before they bail. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-29 11:29:23 AM |
| #3 High school students misspelling "School"? What state is Marlboro in? I want to take my 8-year old cousins to taunt them by spelling! |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-2-29 11:23:13 AM |
| #2 appparnntlee Chainney put themn up two it. must be Oiiillll under the skool sights. right Muck4doo? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-29 11:14:16 AM |
| #1 Alas, Roberta, they are but trolls. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-29 10:49:11 AM |