Where in the World is Bob Saget?

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Gabe1

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unkadug said:
I always liked the chocolate dipped cones
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That is my DD's cone of choice
 
PUSH

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Gabe1 said:
Yeah, I hear that and to an extent I understand that from a students point of view. But there are so many points of view on curriculum and you need a standard to judge if the districts are keeping up with the state, the nation and the world. For decades we did the required state and one national.

We finally realized from no child left behind testing that some of our kids failed to make progress each year without just cause. We now do an additional test, beginning (month after), middle (January) and end of a school year (May). It isn't long and hits the core subjects to make sure students are making progress each term in each subject while the educators can still right the ship. It was as much of a double check for the students as it was also used to evaluate some of our staff. We were always in the upper percentile of student achievement but there was always an excuse for the students that lagged behind. After implementing this 3rd test, 4 years now, we have less students lagging. To me it is a Win.
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IMO the world rankings mean next to nothing. There are so many variables for each country that it's unfair to put country against country.

I believe to better the education system, we need to change our attitudes as a nation, not our tests or curriculum. Several students simply don't care about their education, for several different reasons. Some want to care about their education, but family problems, etc, get in the way. In many other cultures, education is viewed by students as their job. Students in France typically don't have jobs on top of school. Here, jobs are just as, if not more important than education. Students are trying to save money for the financial burdens of college among other things.

Just my point of view.
 
Gabe1

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unkadug said:
I think that was pretty much a done-deal after the Super Bowl threatened to pull out of Arizona.

Money talks.
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Yeah and that was not the only big business that was adding pressure. Plus the NFL didn't let the Superbowl go to Arizona once before when Arizona was acting politically incorrect so I'm sure you're right, AZ knew the NFL was capable of doing just that.
 
Gabe1

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MOXOMUMD said:
:p I can walk to our DQ from my house. I resist the urge to go there everyday in the summer.
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So envious of you. When I was a kid within 6 blocks in either direction I could go to Baskin Robbins or DQ. DQ was my choice, my Dad the master manipulator would insist on BR, so my Mom would send me off to DQ on my bike during the daytime. :hungry:
 
JenniferS

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Gabe1 said:
Ouch. I think I'd save the phone with the message on it and get a new phone for use forward. Boy that is a hard one to wrestle with.
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Actually, it's the house phone. As long as I stay with Rogers (and not Bell), the message will remain.

Is my mother's pain-wracked last message what I want to remember? Keep in mind, that her death was sudden and unexpected.
 
PUSH

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*hears a crash coming from the Sageteer common area*

I'm just going to assume that was Busey. The budget now accounts for any Busey-related repairs that occur in our day-to-day activities. So it's not even worth bothering anymore.
 
Uncle Orville

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PUSH said:
IMO the world rankings mean next to nothing. There are so many variables for each country that it's unfair to put country against country.

I believe to better the education system, we need to change our attitudes as a nation, not our tests or curriculum. Several students simply don't care about their education, for several different reasons. Some want to care about their education, but family problems, etc, get in the way. In many other cultures, education is viewed by students as their job. Students in France typically don't have jobs on top of school. Here, jobs are just as, if not more important than education. Students are trying to save money for the financial burdens of college among other things.

Just my point of view.
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I find it frustrating how were always compared to other countries when it comes to school. Oh china goes to school 300 days out of the year or whatever it is, well congrats. If the US wasn't the land of opportunity, which I think is a good thing, we wouldn't have these problems. I just don't like all the pressure they put on us to learn things. When Im taking 4 AP classes next year as a junior, I wont have any time to actually live which is really frustrating, I will be doing homework all night, every night.
 
StarWarsGirl

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Uncle Orville said:
I find it frustrating how were always compared to other countries when it comes to school. Oh china goes to school 300 days out of the year or whatever it is, well congrats. If the US wasn't the land of opportunity, which I think is a good thing, we wouldn't have these problems. I just don't like all the pressure they put on us to learn things. When Im taking 4 AP classes next year as a junior, I wont have any time to actually live which is really frustrating, I will be doing homework all night, every night.
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Have fun with that. Which four?
 
NYwdwfan

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Gabe1 said:
Sounds like my DD, who broke her foot 3 times in three years and then some more so I can believe the chair story.

4th grade Tipped over going down my front staircase, her heavy backpack 23# and her 48# shifted and she tipped while off to the bus stop in 4th grade. full hard cast

5th grade she tripped over my golden retrievers paw, Boot cast.

6th grade she was at a swim meet walking towards the blocks with other swimmers at an outdoor meet. A Dad went to lightly kick a decorative rock back into landscaping that had popped out onto the sidewalk. It went awry and hit the area of the foot that had previously broke.

She skipped breaking that foot anymore until her first summer driving between her Sophomore and Junior year coming home from an early morning swim practice. She was in the Trail Blazer, stopped and halfway threw the intersection a kid blew right through the stop sign and broadsided her, slamming her foot into the side of the footwell wall of the car. Yep broke it again, only a 1/4 boot that time.

In college she slipped on ice and knew she fractured it again, just oped not to go to infirmary or hospital. She wore her Ugh's instead.

So yeah, I can believe you smooched your hand on a chair taking your coat off.
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As uncoordinated as I am I've never broken anything . (knocks on wood).
 
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