Thanks Sharon. As I grow more and more dismayed by what is becoming of our country, I tend to seek out things that help me to realize that I'm not alone in my thinking.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sharon_b283" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jack, > What a beautiful visual! You're a genuinely GOOD, person. No thanks, > to "No Child", our school system is based on testing, which is why > many schools, score so low. I remember the first time I saw a globe > of the world, with those strange sounding places. It came, with our > set of World Book Encyclopedia, the precursor, to the personal > computer. Keep, keeping us in the loop, about "new" ways to be educated! > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > I saw a report this morning about a movie called "2 Million Minutes" > which is a comparison of > > US schools vs. the rest of the world. Basically, we tend to reward > students for good athletic > > performance over good academic performance, such as sending kids to > college because of > > their sports abilities. Most of the rest of the world rewards > students for being good students, > > even in nations much poorer then our own. The reason I'm posting > this here is because we > > had a few big examples of this in our city. I'd love to see AP jump > on the band wagon and > > start pushing students to be more then ball throwers and catchers. > > Here's a link to the website; > > > > http://www.2mminutes.com/ > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
