NCLB only caused teachers to teach for aptitude testing...it's why most teachers did not want it when Bush was pushing it.
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:sor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:33 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FWL Tennessee May Starve Children Until Their Grades Improve Well a lack of a HS diploma didn't stop me from finding work in the late '90's and early to mid 2000's. I guess things have really changed in the last four or five years since I went back to the Army. The only thing that held me back from moving up in the corporate world was a lack of a degree, which I am working on now, so when I retire from the Army I have a chance at moving up the corporate ladder, if I decide to move back to a cube farm, which I really don't. Anyway, based on what you say, that should propel parents to motivate their children even more, don't you agree? If I knew that my little Johnny was not even qualified to dig a ditch because he did not graduate HS, I would be inclined to work harder to ensure that he gets a good education. Of curse this also depends on the school. I know that there are schools out there that really don't care much about their students. You would think that the NCLB initiative would have fixed this but sadly no. And i know that there are also schools that merely "teach to the test". In other words, teach the kids just enough to pass whatever state exam system there is. Texas has the TAAS I think. California has one too but I cannot recall what it is. So I guess in addition to fixing the mentality of some parents, we also need to figure out how to fix the schools. On Jan 30, 2013, at 12:08 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Back in the 80's, not having a high school diploma was fine. Nowadays > that isn't the case. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
