it makes you wonder whether why the home schoolers are the ones they are worried about. why does my kid need a moron to read to her from a textbook when she can read it better herself?
i'm just trying to figure out how long till i can send her to the local community college On Jan 9, 2008 6:07 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > going from memory, public schools must teach 3 hours perday. The balance > is > spent on electives. Also, home schooled kids are tested regularily here > in > Va. Don;t know what the reqmn;t are elsewhere. > > The teachers union in NY is very strong. Of the tens of thousands of > teachers only 2 have ever been fired --also there are many teachers who > are > unable to pass 8th grade english tests or similar math tests. The union > controls the state legislature - > > Take a look at - at some of the problems outlined at > <<http://www.city-journal.org/html/7_2_how_teachers.html>> > <<The current contract between the Board of Education and the UFT can best > be described as a "we-don't-do-windows" document. Among the tasks that > principals are forbidden to require of teachers under the contract: > attending more than one staff meeting per month after school hours, > walking > the children to a school bus, patrolling the hallways or the lunchroom or > the schoolyard, covering an extra class in an emergency, attending a > lunchtime staff meeting, or coming in a few days prior to the opening of > school each September to do some planning.>> > > And disciplinary action - what a joke > > <<The contract makes it almost insurmountably difficult for a principal > even > to begin the process of charging a teacher with incompetence under the > union-written state education law. Every time the principal wants to > record > a negative evaluation in the teacher's personnel file, the teacher can > contest that single entry through three separate grievance procedures, > leading all the way up to the Board of Education. Even after the Board has > upheld the principal, the teacher, with the help of the union, can go to > arbitration to contest the single negative entry. The process is so > tortuous > that most principals don't even bother trying; they accept it as a fact of > school life that a certain number of incompetent teachers must be carried > on > the payroll.>> > > and <<He told me that in the case of one totally dysfunctional teacher, he > has spent close to 100 hours out of the building over the past two years > in > grievance sessions at the district office, at the Board of Education, and > at > arbitration sessions. Although every one of his negative evaluations has > eventually been upheld, he still must go through the process for another > year before this one employee might have to face formal disciplinary > charges-a process that could take several more years>> > > The above is from just one of many articles about the power abuses of > *our* > public education system. It's truely an embarassment to see what this > has > done to countless students. Hopefully public outrage will force Germany > to > change its laws about home schooling at some point. > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs > . > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT:Unified Germany - I thought the communists lost > > > > http://tinyurl.com/369cqb > > > > Cause & effect? :-) > > > > On Jan 9, 2008 8:29 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I don't know if it's still this way, but when I was a kid my cousins > >> in Denmark only went to school a few hours a day. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > LT Don > > http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ <http://don.homelinux.net/%7Edon/> > > > > apt-get update > > apt-get upgrade > > The following packages will be replaced > > Prez > > Do you want to continue? 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