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Thursday, August 21, 2003

could this be more studid?

Frustrated | Gin n' Juice



ok, so this is right up there with Oakland schools deciding they are going to teach "ebonics" as part of their standard curiculum.

High school students in Beaufort County (South Carolina) will have a chance this school year to pass a class no matter how poorly they do in the first semester

Did I miss the meeting where it was decided that school was no longer supposed to educate children and prepare them to succeed in life?

Of course, in a society where we no longer allow children's sports games to have scores, and we award trophies to all who participate, because we need to protect their fragile self esteem by eliminating from them all opportunities to actually build any, I suppose this makes sense.


So, no matter how poorly I do in the first semester I can get no lower than a 62% - allowing me to easily get a "C" in the class just by doing decent work in the 2nd half.

Would I EVER have gone to class in the first half of the year if my highschool had this policy?!?!  (um, hint, the answer is "hell no")

People continue to amaze me...



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  • #3 Comment from peppypioneer 
    8/4/04 3:07 AM | Permalink
    I can tell you this, if I had stayed out much of the first semester I don't care what was promised (well, okay, maybe drugs) I sure as hell wouldn't have bothered to go the second.  I wonder how we can get all of our children in society motivated to stay in school.  Any ideas?
  • #2 Comment from beamer5o5 
    8/22/03 6:34 PM | Permalink
    Hey nice site... im still workin on mine. can u help me out plz.. with mine.. you know where to mail me.
  • #1 Comment from his1desire 
    8/21/03 11:20 AM | Permalink
    i admit i don't know much about south carolina .. maybe the parents have to pull the kids out of school during the first semister to help bring in the crops or something?

    sorry .. its only thing i can think of lol

    pamela