tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post113748721245357783..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Final ExamJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137622779969176242006-01-18T17:19:00.000-05:002006-01-18T17:19:00.000-05:00ditto, porrofatto. D. has said almost everything ...ditto, porrofatto. D. has said almost everything I would have said, only she's more eloquent than I. <BR/><BR/>My only addition is in regard to tying too much to test scores, whether it be teacher compensation or which school/classes little Johnny or Janie can attend. It is that little thing known as "teenage rebellion". This is exemplified by thinking of the future as that time somewhere out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137597219401234872006-01-18T10:13:00.000-05:002006-01-18T10:13:00.000-05:00Holy God.You're right, I clearly missed the point....Holy God.<BR/>You're right, I clearly missed the point.<BR/>That's... revolting.<BR/><BR/>Pricks.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting me in on that, Julia. It clears up a lot of stupid workplace rules I thought were just raw power grabs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137571854351671512006-01-18T03:10:00.000-05:002006-01-18T03:10:00.000-05:00Oh, D, you are so missing the point.As a former ma...Oh, D, you are so missing the point.<BR/><BR/>As a former manager from a famously worker-unfriendly industry, I was privileged to take part in a seminar on What You Could Do And Get Away With from a lawyer at the headquarters of the enormo conglomerate that owned us on How Not To Get The Company Sued.<BR/><BR/>One major thing you need to remember is that as long as you require all your workers tojuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261612060585536752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137557100159912272006-01-17T23:05:00.000-05:002006-01-17T23:05:00.000-05:00What's the point of making teachers stand at all t...What's the point of making teachers stand at all times? Are we afraid they'll be a bad example to kids who will forget what their feet are for? <BR/>Or is this just another pointless little act to make it *seem* like the teachers are doing more, even though there's absolutely nothing accomplished with it but causing more trouble for people already in a hard job?<BR/>How the hell are teachers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137548375927940102006-01-17T20:39:00.000-05:002006-01-17T20:39:00.000-05:00Um, Michael Moore is fat?Um, Michael Moore is fat?juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261612060585536752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137543123955048572006-01-17T19:12:00.000-05:002006-01-17T19:12:00.000-05:00I'm copying d. sidhe's answers since they seem lik...I'm copying d. sidhe's answers since they seem likely to get at least a 95 on this test. I'll guess that the answer to bonus question 1 is c, and 2 is e.<BR/><BR/>A friend who is still a teacher in NYC informs me that they now have a rule dictating that no teacher may be seated when there are children present in the classroom, even for a test. Yup. Turning the whole non-affluent world into a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137533545340303922006-01-17T16:32:00.000-05:002006-01-17T16:32:00.000-05:00And, oh, can we get Mr Stossel or his alter ego to...And, oh, can we get Mr Stossel or his alter ego to take the test?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137533413183848572006-01-17T16:30:00.000-05:002006-01-17T16:30:00.000-05:00Oh, man, nobody told me there'd be a quiz! I've go...Oh, man, nobody told me there'd be a quiz! I've got a migraine again today (when do I ever not? Never mind.) so I'll take a shot here, but no promises it'll be coherent. <BR/><BR/>1. The purpose of public education, I thought, beyond instilling a certain competence in certain core subjects like reading and math, is to teach kids how to learn, how to find stuff out, and what's out there to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1137527888990697182006-01-17T14:58:00.000-05:002006-01-17T14:58:00.000-05:00No one seems to want to take the exam. Very well,...No one seems to want to take the exam. Very well, I shall.<BR/><BR/>1. b and a, in that order<BR/><BR/>2. If I were to accept that teacher payment should be tied to standardized test scores, I'd have to go with d. Of course that would defeat the purpose defined in question 1, so I'm more prone to negate the premise of the question. But then I think SATs etc. are a joke, so this may color my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com