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Fulton to pay students in after-school program
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^
| 01/23/2008
| Michelle E. Shaw
Posted on 01/22/2008 12:29:55 PM PST by too much time
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I wonder why our public schools are failing? Are the students in charge, or the admininstration?
To: too much time
I remember the superintendent of the school was on Fox and he said Newt Gingrich helped him come up with this idea.
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posted on
01/22/2008 12:32:39 PM PST
by
Def Conservative
(Screaming "Hillary Clinton!" isn't going to scare me into voting for Huckabee or McCain)
To: too much time
Take it from a teacher...theinmates have been running the prison for a long time. In some places more than in others.
There is no hope.
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posted on
01/22/2008 12:32:58 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: too much time
If they’re gonna pay anyone, it should be the students who are doing well! And even that idea is nutz!
To: too much time
“Students will make approximately $8 an hour, and be eligible for bonuses if their grades improve, said Kirk Wilks, district spokesman. The initial students are in the eighth and 11th grades.”
You have to be kidding! Eight Dollars an hour!
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posted on
01/22/2008 12:34:01 PM PST
by
N3WBI3
(Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
To: the lastbestlady
So my child who works his butt off for great grades wouldn't have a chance at the cash. Let us reward the lazy kids and parents who won't and don't do what they are supposed to do in school and with their homework. Why don't they reward the ones who have been doing the right thing all along?????????
Punish the ones who don't and won't. How about if they don't pay attention in class they get to go outside and move big rocks around or dig big holes by hand???? How about if they don't do their homework then their parents have to come and help them move big rocks and dig big holes.
To: Def Conservative
Not surprised about Newt’s involvement in this plan. Hasn’t he been complimentary of FDR? How “conservative” of old Newt.
To: too much time
The first thing the kids need to do is form a union. $8 is pretty low, an how about some benefits. They don't need to discriminate about who gets the paying “jobs” either. and holiday pay for when schools are closed. This is a great idea.
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posted on
01/22/2008 12:46:50 PM PST
by
CarryingOn
(Spread the message every day, like your life depended on it.)
To: CarryingOn
Instead of giving these kids Diplomas along with their $8 an hour. They should get a certificate that says “get used to that $8 an hour kid.”
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:00:13 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: oldenuff2no
The goal in our district (rural Georgia) is to give the educrats at the Board office recognition for increasing the numbers that graduate. My 9th grader took a field trip to the mall last week as a reward for having good grades and attendance. Some of the kids who were not invited on the "incentive" field trip had their parents bring them to the mall to meet up with their friends. She went bowling the month before.
Can't use the tax money toward educational field trips - little Johnny could never understand the big words used at the museum.
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:04:49 PM PST
by
too much time
(Were any educrats proficient at math in high school?)
To: Def Conservative
I remember the superintendent of the school was on Fox and he said Newt Gingrich helped him come up with this idea.Something eating Newt's brain lately........
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:06:00 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
("Bill Clinton is an unusually good liar" - Bob Kerry)
To: too much time
Fulton County doesn’t exactly have good public schools, although it is better than the state in general. Several years ago (1993) my family moved to Atlanta. I was in middle school at the time and went to public school in North Fulton, that same year my mother began teaching elementary school again also in Fulton. The next year, I was in private school. Take that how you will.
To: too much time
It’s a pilot program with private-sector funding. So I can’t get too upset about it. I doubt it will be effective, but it can’t hurt too much to try.
To: oldenuff2no
Sorry, I think you misunderstood me. I DO NOT think they should be PAID to go to school for ANY reason. If they don’t want to do their work they can get the hell out.
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:20:43 PM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: CarryingOn
I think that a strike is needed. These deplorable wages, lack of benefits, and horrible working conditions cannot stand. The union teachers and non union students should stand in solidarity with their union brothers and sisters so that the school cannot function.
To: too much time
Your hard-earned tax dollars at work!
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:38:29 PM PST
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: ERJCaptain
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:39:31 PM PST
by
too much time
(Were any educrats proficient at math in high school?)
To: the lastbestlady
Amen, sister.
Former (thank goodness) teacher here.
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:40:12 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Thank you, Duncan Hunter. Your loss is America's loss.)
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posted on
01/22/2008 1:42:43 PM PST
by
shag377
(De gustibus non disputandum est)
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