 - Last login: 13 hours agoSteve10k
- steve10k is a 40 year old guy from Florida, USA.
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- Member since Dec 14, 2005
I is just a regular run of da mill Wizard I suppose. I knows a few tricks here and dere, nothin
fancy... Watch for links in da Wizard's comments an pix. Use da box below an pick out 'Tag Cloud' ta root thru all of da musty old junk what I put up here.
In case you is wonderin', dis Avatar and da way I is talkin, I stole from da great Bodé, creator of "Cheech Wizard" an lotsa lizards. Everybody else rips Freddie off, I gotta do it too, or he gonna think dat I don't respect his work.
Wizards observe da world from da interior of their hats.
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Could You Pass the 8th Grade Exam of 1895? - by MWHodges
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Sep 3, 2006 6:01am
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"Is Our Children Learning?" [hilarious Bush video]
From the page: "Poor education quality is a major threat to our nation, partly caused by unacceptable teaching methods, and dumbed-down textbooks and test standards."
Starting early in the 20th century, our schools were converted, one step at a time, into babysitting services tasked to turn out acceptable workers with little or no useful knowledge outside that required by industry. This was done quite deliberately by America's policy makers: "We believe that education is one of the principal causes of discontent of late years manifesting itself among the laboring classes." (Senate Committe on Education, 1888)
The longer kids stay in American schools, the worse they do in international competition. They do worse than kids from poorer countries that spend much less money on education, ranking behind not only Belgium but also Poland, the Czech Republic and South Korea. By age 15, when students from 40 countries are tested, the Americans place 25th.
Today's public education process amounts to psychological child abuse. John Taylor Gatto, named New York City Teacher of the Year for three years in a row, now argues persuasively against school. A High School diploma used to be a sign of intellectual achievement; today it is the mark of mindless conformity. The No Child Left Behind laws assure that reforming your local school district is literally impossible.
Wikipedia on Homeschooling: Did you know that Thomas Edison attended compulsory school for only three months, after which he was taught at home by his mother and a tutor? Homeschoolers don't go it alone, they participate in community projects with a large at-home component. Finding resources is as simple as doing a Google search for "[your state] home education" and "[your state] homeschool".
My personal advice to U.S. High School students is simple: Unless you are in a truly exceptional school, enrolled in programs that really light your fire, don't waste your time. Drop out. Get a GED (the test is a simple literacy test), and go directly to college or tech school.
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