[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-31 Thread sharon_b283
Oak, Yours is a philosophy, I don't encourage. Are you a bully? When you tell your child to cheat, then what is the lesson learned? Yeah, I know that in real life, if you don't watch your back, YOUR ideas will be stolen by someone who will take YOUR sweat equity! That is what you should tell

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-31 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, sharon_b283 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oak, Yours is a philosophy, I don't encourage. Are you a bully? When you tell your child to cheat, He knows if he cheats, he loses. He gets what my dad told me. READ. He wants to be the MD - READ and don't be an

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Test scores fall in Asbury BY NANCY SHIELDS • COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU • OCTOBER 29, 2008 As in other school districts, the number of students deemed proficient in certain areas went down after the state Department of

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread Gabrielle Obre
I agree with you Mike, we should receive an F if we fail. again, great article on failure http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/57/in-praise-of-failure/ But please understand, sometimes winners are winners and losers are losers due to injustice, not a level playing field. And school should not be

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread Mike Hemeon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gabrielle Obre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 11:29 AM I agree with you Mike, we should receive an F if we fail. again, great article on failure http

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread Gabrielle Obre
.  Whether you like it or not you are responsible for your own fate.   --- On Wed, 10/29/08, Gabrielle Obre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gabrielle Obre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread Gabrielle Obre
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You almost HAVE to tell you're kid to CHEAT if they have to. That way, they get to learn business. Backstab anyone you can to get ahead, cause it will be done to you wow...this is a little scary. i think our country

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread Jack Pitzer
In general, our schools spend too much time on sports and not enough time on education. Kids in sports get rewarded for athletic ability. They get into newspapers for it. They get scholarships for it. Why not start rewarding being smart and innovative in the same way? I think kids of today have

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread oakdorf
- School is ALL about competition - among students, teachers, parents admins and lawyers. You almost HAVE to tell you're kid to CHEAT if they have to. That way, they get to learn business. Backstab anyone you can to get ahead, cause it will be done to you Competiton to get into the right

[AsburyPark] Re: Test scores fall in Asbury

2008-10-29 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gabrielle Obre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf oakdorf@ wrote: wow...this is a little scary. i think our country is in a huge mess because of behavior you tout. I was wrong, I didn't know where you were coming from.