No, just the language. The reason being that language skills directly affect his job as an administrator, i.e. the ability to communicate. That's what an administrator needs -- strong communication skills -- beyond which, if he's not superbly proficient in math or science he can communicate with his staff to answer pertinent questions for subjects in which he's less proficient (i.e. should our schools be teaching x scientific principal). Granted that he claimed a large part of the problem lied in punctuation, which doesn't need to be test-accurate on a day-to-day, "send a memo" basis. But that ties into my second problem. He earns 6 figures. That's too much money to spend on someone who's less than "the best" at what he does for a living. And yes, I'll admit my reason for saying that has partly to do with my being bitter about my own finances.
How many people on this list are earning 6 figures (USD) and at the same time don't consider themselves at the top of their professional field? Is that a hand I see back there... no back there in the far back of the auditorium, there on the 2nd balcony near the fire-exit... yep... the superintendant. :) Isaac Original Message ----------------------- And, should he also have a high level of proficiency in math, science, social studies and history? How about art or shop, or home ec? <---I'm sure there's some more PC term for those last two. I'm not sure that a superintendent, who does no actual instruction, should have to have the same skill sets as the teachers who are actually teaching the subject. I'm sure I couldn't possibly pass a test that a high-school math teacher would. But, I might be a darn good adminstrator. Okay, I would completely suck at being an administrator. But, I'm a bad example. -d ----- Original Message ----- From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:40 PM Subject: RE: Re: Re: Exciting.... > I dunno ... maybe I'm just not good at "suffering fools" (the definition of fool of course always being a subjective personal definition), but I think in order to be getting a salary of 6 figures as a government paid school administrator, you'd better damn well have a pretty adept command of the national language. If you're earning 6 figures doing something else that's not education or language related (translator for instance) like construction, etc. I don't care -- but I'd like to know that when the government pays someone a salary well in excess of 3x what I've ever made in a year to make sure that kids get taught English, I want that person's command of the language to be _indomitable_. (exaggerating for emphasis of course -- although it's true he makes more than 3x what I've ever made). > > Original Message ----------------------- > er...does not correspond to idiomatic English > > Dana Tierney writes: > > > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
