The same thing is happening here on the East Coast of Canada.... Kids barely fail a grade anymore and are pushed forward whether they can hack it or not. I know a 19 year old who can barely read and write... That is absolutely unacceptable to me in this day and age. Both of my parents worked and they were still very involved in what I did in class and elsewhere. I had rules, curfews and all the other stuff a growing boy hates LOL But it made me a better person and I have my mom to thank a lot for who I am today. I am seriously worried for future generations... I think the pic below sums it up:
Halloween may suggest paganism; divorce may conjure up uneasy feelings for children in the midst of a divorce within their family. One phrase that may surprise many, the term "Rock 'n' Roll" was on the "avoid" list.
How true! I'm only 35, but when I was a kid, parents MADE their kids repeat grade(s) so they would get a quality education......they'll be repeating a grade, but I guess the sad fact is that likely doesn't happen much anymore
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I just snorted after I finished laughing at that one...Read this to your kids: "I was watching a television show about two divorced dinosaurs whose birthdays are on Halloween and Christmas. They were discussing hurrcicanes, wildfires and religion while eating weeds." How many kids don't care, and how many did I just offend?
Well, Bots in proof we need special Ed classeszukracer said:oh this is but the tip of what they are doing in NY and on Long Island. There's this kinda socialist crap but then again there's now some schools where kids cannot fail...seriously, there's no pass/fail, there's no D or F grades and everyone in the class learns at the slowest student's pace...oh yeah no "special ed" everyone is equal. What's worse, the teachers are lazy, at least up here where they are unioned and must only teach what is required by school testing & published syllabus My 8yr old actually ran into this in kindergarten when the teacher finished what she was required to teach 3wks early and started sending notes home about how disruptive my daughter was being in class. My response "well then why don't you teach them something, I honestly don't care if she's leading Barnum and Bailey through here if your plans are to give them meaningless busy work and expect them not to talk, play and act like kids. After all you aren't really teaching are you?" That one got me a special invite to the principal and superintendent's office I was less nice in my choice of words to them We wound up keeping her home for the last 2wks of school and switched school districts in 1st grade.
Dare I say
we have raised
a generation
( or more )
of idiots ?