On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 09:21:23 -0400, "RCE" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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You are condemning the entire public school system based on the actions of
one brand new teacher? That makes little sense to me.


Yes, I am. But not just for the example given. And not necessarily for the
individual teachers, as I suspect there are many that are highly modivated
and potentially excellent educators.

It's the change in philosophy of the administration of public education that
sucks.

My example was but one of many happening everyday.



I would have suggested you get the child in a different classroom. The
teacher, in my opinion, was wrong to even mention a possibility of ADS (I
don't know what that is, although I'm very familiar with ADD -attention
deficit disorder. In this county teachers cannot even suggest such a thing
to parents. Teachers can talk to the counselors and principals, and they
can discuss behavior problems, but they are not to be amateur
psychologists.

You're right, it's ADD, not ADS. (thought it was attention deficit syndrome
or something)


Your condemnation of public schools because of a 23 year old isn't
justified.

Agree.


Actually your blanket condemnation of public schools isn't
justified.

Yes, it is.

Go sit in a high school B-C Calculus class and remember that the
kids there are a product of public schools.

What percentage of high school students take a real course in Calculus,
other than maybe a half year introduction? I don't know, but I suspect the
percentage is very small.

RCE



You're damn right it's small! In my school, population of about 2500 high
school students, only about 75 are taking BC Calculus. And yes, it's a
'real' calculus course. About 125 kids are taking AB Calculus. Granted,
that's only about 8% of the high school population, but it's in *high
school*.

Intro to calculus is called "Pre-Calculus", a separate course.
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'Til next time,

John H

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