No, it is the methods the public schools use. Check out KIPP to see how they take kids in the worst of the worst schools, put them in their program, and graduate all of them (except a few who have to be excused as they are not teachable due to serious issues), and most of those go on to college. All at the same cost as the public schools.
At KIPP a teacher gets 2 chances then they are fired. Kids go 8-5 M-F and a good part of Saturday, teachers are there year round. Parents have to participate some hours per week. In the worst neighborhoods, KIPP has a long wait list -- the parents are generally not stupid or don't want their kids to learn, when given a choice they take it. A buddy of mine is like their CFO in Houston, the stories he can tell about dealing with the public school admins (who fund them) would make you cry. These are people who are making well over $100k/yr in their admin roles, and are completely totally thoroughly stupid and useless. And dangerous too, because they perpetuate the system that is a generally a failure. KIPP have a plan to build 15 more schools in Houston, you can imagine who is up in arms about that. There is no secret to teaching kids and running it like a successful business, but the public schools have lost the ability to do so. Mostly due to unions, bad management, bloated administrations, very low hiring and performance standards, and general meddling. This is the Obama world, pandering to the teachers union, no change gonna happen there except mo money gonna be thrown at it. That'sthe Change You Can Count On. --R Gary Hurst wrote: > i'm brand new to public schools and their failure stuns me. they have > activities, many of them very interesting, from 8AM to 6PM every weekday and > then sometimes beyond that. they have every sort of technology you could > imagine, including their own tv studio. and the kids are pretty much 3/4 > retard, barely able to read and add. > > so follow these numbers. school start in georgia at 41/2 and is mandatory > at 5 1/2. so you will be in the system for roughly 13 years at 5 figures a > year per student, often 10 hours a day for 180 days + per year. there is > every sort of trained teacher and specialist, many with advanced degrees. > > and they cannot do anywhere near the job that the new york city public > schools used to in the 30s, 40s and 50s, often so overcrowded that students > sat 2 to a desk and there were no "resources" at all. > > my theory is different that most, i suppose. see, you can't help the stupid > learn. they are stupid. being stupid means you can't really learn. you > waste resources on the stupid. as for the smart, they can't help but learn, > so it doesnt' much matter what you do. > > if you have an IQ of 80, no one can teach you physics or shakespeare or > computer science. and if you have an IQ of 150, no one really needs to > teach you much as you'll just pick up whatever interests you. > > misguided social policies are what have ruined us. teach the stupid to make > change and then let them go work at burger king. then spend far fewer > resources to get far superior results on the smart. > > no child left behind? another monstrosity from the criminals in the white > house! > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Fmiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> It seems than at Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:22:19 -0400, Gary wrote: >> >> >>> I'd rather pay for schools than for murder. >>> >> I wouldn't mind so much if spending money on schools actually >> _improved_ education. The evidence suggests there's little >> correlation. >> >> -- Philip >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
