Posted on 12/20/2001 7:55:58 AM PST by Lizavetta
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:02:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
More than one-quarter of the Board of Education's class of 2001 couldn't graduate because they flunked or failed to take the state math Regents exam, new state statistics show.
And 23 percent of the city's graduating class didn't pass or take the English exam, either. The 1997 freshman class was the first to have to pass both the English and math Regents exams to graduate under stricter state Regents standards. Passing math was required this year.
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I'll bet a lot of college graduates couldn't pass it.
Neither is sixty-five.
Actually, I very rarely have that problem. It ususally take the entire conference for them to pick their jaw up off the floor and compose themselves after introducing myself
My children are bi-racial, and believe it or not, it still floors most of the teachers I encounter.
By that time, I have already gone into my rant of how I am an "INVOLVED" parent, so much so that I want to be personally notified anytime my child does wrong, and I encourage little if no slack for any infractions, even if it results in detention or being sent to the principal, and how unfortunate it is we have done away with corporal punishment in the schools. That's another thing that shocks them.
So you're an evil one, too. Heh, heh. Happens all the time and I love the sqirm time.
My husband went to the school and asked the principal, if that during contract negotiations there was one bad teacher, should anyone then get a raise.
Recess resumed for the good children.
When I took them there was one in every major course, every year in high school.
SESSION ONE - Part A
Overview: For this part of the test, you will listen to a speech about the United Nations, answer some multiple-choice questions, and write a response based on the situation described below. You will hear the speech twice. You may take notes on the next page anytime you wish during the readings.
The Situation: Your social studies class is learning about the United Nations (U.N.). Your teacher has asked you to write a report about the ways in which the U.N. functions in the United States. In preparation for writing your report, listen to a speech by Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, delivered in San Francisco in 1997. Then use relevant information from the speech to write your report.
Your Task: Write a report for your social studies class in which you discuss how the U.N. functions in the United States.
Document 6
The United States and 34 other industrial countries met in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to discuss world environmental concerns.
Rio Pact 1992 - Agenda 21 The Agenda establishes the following priorities for international environmental action:
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6 Identify two environmental issues discussed at the Rio Conference. [2]
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Document 7
The selections below are taken from information provided by Greenpeace, an
international environmental and conservation organization
Selection 1
The most important greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2). As part of Greenpeaces campaign to protect the ozone layer, Greenpeace developed Greenfreeze technology, which is a cooling system that is safe for the ozone layer and the climate. Greenpeace wants this solution to be applied throughout the world to replace [current] refrigeration [technology]. In 1992, Greenpeace initiated the development of Greenfreeze, an ozone- and climate-safe refrigeration technology. Greenfreeze uses a mixture of propane and isobutane for the refrigerant. The technology has spread to other parts of the world. Cuba decided in 1997 to convert its existing refrigerator factory to Greenfreeze technology. Companies in Argentina, Turkey, and Russia are also set to produce Greenfreeze. Strong interest in the techology has also been expressed by companies in Tunisia, India, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Belarus.- An environmental meeting in Montreal, Canada, September 1997 |
Selection 2
Aerosols Alternative application methods, such as solid stick and roll-on dispensers, mechanical pump sprays, brushes and pads are among the wide variety of alternatives in commercial use. Alternative spray propellants include hydrocarbons, . . . and other compressed gases such as air and COZ. Many developing countries have switched to, or have always employed, propellants such as pentane and butane in industrial uses.Even in medical applications, progress has been made. In Sweden and the Netherlands over 60% of [people who suffer from asthma] are using dry-powder inhalers. -No Excuses Report, Greenpeace, 1997 |
7a What is one environmental problem identified by Greenpeace? [1]
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And from earlier in the test there's this cartoon:
Which reminded me of something written by the late Edward Zehr (who wrote for the Washington Weekly):
"With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Marxists have taken refuge in the environmental movement, their last, best hope for keeping alive the fantasy of a command economy. Since Marxist economics have proven useless as a means of providing for the wants and needs of the people, the new crypto-Marxists have resorted to an attempt to shock and terrify people with 'scary scenarios' of global environmental disaster, whether it be an impending ice age or catastrophic global warming. (Eco-extremists are nothing if not flexible). The bottom line of their message is, "unless you do EXACTLY as we say, you are all doomed to utter ruin if not extinction. " Environmental catastrophe has replaced nuclear winter as the left's "kinder-schreck" (bogeyman) of preference. The object of the exercise is to frighten the public into accepting a much reduced standard of living.
True, true.
But you'd have to show-up to write the damned thing, first; even if you intended on only guessing.
...& this in the state of Chucky & Hitlery?? ~oy
All of your post was right on target. From a former teacher & CTA member. Teachers could solve the education problem overnight if they would drop union membership and negotiate their contracts as individuals. (Of course some would win big and some would find out that the union has been protecting their jobs. But the kids would be the winners.
No, the answer is to eliminate the test or dumb it down so my cat could pass it. < /sarcasm>
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