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Lawyers sue California because too many children can't read
Sacramento Bee ^ | December 5, 2017 | JULIE WATSON

Posted on 12/05/2017 5:35:00 PM PST by artichokegrower

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To: Jolla

Sugar Rock candy. Is that something not popular in the northeast or was it before/after my time? I’m 49.

It sounds sugary :)


21 posted on 12/05/2017 6:24:53 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: rey

Good point!


22 posted on 12/05/2017 6:26:56 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady

My wife is obese. Should she sue me because I can’t find it?


23 posted on 12/05/2017 6:33:30 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: artichokegrower
OK kids can't read.

Explain how giving lawyers money helps.

24 posted on 12/05/2017 6:34:13 PM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: artichokegrower
A group of prominent lawyers representing teachers and students from poor performing schools sued California on Tuesday, arguing that the state has done nothing about a high number of schoolchildren who do not know how to read.

That’s like a drunk suing the police for not stopping him from driving drunk.

Who is ultimately responsible for teaching students to read and on the other end who is responsible for learning to read?

The teachers in these under-performing schools are paid to teach. If they are failing in that task they should quit or be fired.

If the students want to learn to read who is stopping them? People have taught themselves to read for centuries. With the internet available almost everywhere it should not be that hard.

I bet these schools are getting more money per student than average from the state.

Only in California!

25 posted on 12/05/2017 6:34:44 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Citizen Soldier

“Lawyers sue California because too many children can’t read”

Nor can California democrat adults with any comprehension.


26 posted on 12/05/2017 6:36:43 PM PST by Bonemaker (White Southerners have been under attack since 1860.)
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To: dp0622

Sugary? only if you like pure sugar. I am 60 and this was the south, easy recipes on the internet (don’t give it to your kids)


27 posted on 12/05/2017 6:37:18 PM PST by Jolla
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To: Jolla

Well we’re in the same age bracket so it must be a southern thing. Now i HAVE to look it up as i like all things southern except the temperature!!! :)


28 posted on 12/05/2017 6:40:28 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Jolla

Looked at images.

NEVER seen it before.

It looks like methamphetamine! :)

Gotta get my hands on some and find out what they taste like.


29 posted on 12/05/2017 6:42:36 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: artichokegrower

Strange, I thought it was parent(s) job to make sure their children could read...


30 posted on 12/05/2017 6:47:18 PM PST by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: Jolla

New York City started giving literacy test to teachers a couple of years ago. Didn’t last long because more than 50% of the minority teachers were failing and that’s RAYCISS.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/13/ny-dropping-teacher-literacy-test-amid-claims-racism.html


31 posted on 12/05/2017 6:48:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wow.

And those so-called teachers will never be fired, they will put in their 20 plus years and collect a pension in retirement that pays them more than their students will rarely earn.


32 posted on 12/05/2017 6:54:21 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

It’s criminal to knowingly put illiterate teachers into schools. It should be a capital crime. It is robbing the students.


33 posted on 12/05/2017 6:56:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s criminal to knowingly put illiterate teachers into schools. It should be a capital crime. It is robbing the students.


Agreed.

There are some serious problems there.

We also have a country where the vast majority of unarmed security guards are Felons.

God only knows who gets hired as a TSA agent.

And then there are the Civil Servants in Government jobs that can’t be fired.


34 posted on 12/05/2017 7:06:40 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: artichokegrower

Well, since California has taken it upon itself to spend taxpayer dollars to educate the children of Mexico, it might as well do a good job of it.


35 posted on 12/05/2017 7:20:21 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

“But they speak Spanish better than Queen Isabella.”

Actually not. Many of the Spanish speaking immigrants are poorly educated and do not speak or write well in either language.. When asked if I was bilingual, I used to joke I was bilingually illiterate (actually multilingually). It isn’t a joke now.


36 posted on 12/05/2017 7:57:16 PM PST by rey
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To: artichokegrower

Suing on behalf of teachers? Can you sue if you are the cause or at least part of the cause of the problem?


37 posted on 12/05/2017 7:58:23 PM PST by rey
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To: DIRTYSECRET
My wife is obese. Should she sue me because I can’t find it?

User name checks out...

38 posted on 12/05/2017 8:26:57 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: dp0622

It was way before your time dp, I for one remember it fondly.
I think you would have to make it at home now, haven’t seen it in stores since the late 50’s or early 60’s.


39 posted on 12/05/2017 11:57:13 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Pontiac
Only in California!

No, all over the country.

40 posted on 12/06/2017 2:47:01 AM PST by Tax-chick (I want to go to Colombia!)
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