Well it seems to me that if his English was all that broken he would not have made it to superintendant. There are a good many fluent or native English speakers, possibly including me, who could not pass a test on formal grammar in English, because we have not had to learn it. Are you really clear on when to use me and when to use I? The "correct" answer does correspond to idiomatic English. Same thing with which and that. However, if the guy has been suspending teachers over this and he can't pass it himself, that smells of hypocrisy unless this is one of those mandated tests we are seeing so much of. Personally I am opposed to high-stakes testing, especially for children, but this is just another instance of its idiocies.
Mind you you get no argument from me on the quality public schools ... even the best are far more concerned with keeping students' behavior in line than they are in academics. Dana Heald, Tim writes: > The guy said he had problems with the rules of English, because it was his > second language. > > I don't want him in charge of my son's school district. This is why my sons > will both be attending private schools. > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Re: Exciting.... > > > I don't think not passing the test means he is incompetent I think it means > the test isnt measuring what it is supposed to measure. > > Dana > > s. isaac dealey writes: > > > How does an incompetent person get a 6 figure government job? ... > > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > Hmm, it ought to kill the superintendent, not you. > > Well, his job anyway... > > /Ben > > > > > This kills me. > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/08/03/superintendent.test.ap/index.html > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
