The dumbing down of your yutes in skkkool

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">They learn public speaking via this venue in grade 8 and let's face it, not all kids are university material </span> </div></div>Nobody gives book reports anymore? That's perfectly fine for public speaking. Point taken about university potential though.

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So who is that man giving the talk?
ETA Found him here: http://kemetaphysics.blogspot.com/

Back in the 19th century, fewer people went to school, so a very large number of people would not have been able to complete the test the gentleman presents in the first video.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Emperah_dehyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">The speaker even talk about how it was for him at school in Trinidad and that what happened to him when he came here.</span> </div></div>The same thing happened to me when I came to the US from Jamaica. I was 2-3 years ahead of my peers and got held back.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Emperah_dehyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">The speaker even talk about how it was for him at school in Trinidad and that what happened to him when he came here.</span> </div></div>The same thing happened to me when I came to the US from Jamaica. I was 2-3 years ahead of my peers and got held back. </div></div>

cah dem skipped mii two thyme inn ja dem held mii bakk ann wen itt wass apparent dat mii wass more advanced dan de rest aff de class dem &quot;promoted &quot;mi. even den mii wass still more advanced dan de class dem &quot;promoted&quot; mi to

still sum aff de yuths mii see cumminn upp fram yawd now ar far behind wear dem shood bee

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Confessions of a bad teacher

I took a job in the NYC public school system because I wanted to make a difference. I ended up living a nightmare

BY JOHN OWENS

By the time we sang &quot;The Star–Spangled Banner&quot; in 9th grade English, it was too late to save me. So I didn't even try to keep the kids quiet, and joined the class as they burst into song.

Almon, an A-average boy whose parents had emigrated from the Dominican Republic by way of Milwaukee, was absolutely sure our national anthem includes the lyric &quot;cheese bursting in air.&quot;

Daria, who came from Honduras just a few years ago and was struggling with English, was gamely singing, trying to guess what words would be appropriate for a song about her new country. &quot;Nice!&quot; &quot;Nice! In air!&quot;

Sarah, the daughter of Ghanese immigrants, got every word right and hit every note with church-choir perfection. And from Rikkie, the highly intelligent, perhaps brilliant, boy, whose father is serving six years in an upstate prison, to Cristofer, a skinny kid who fancies himself a Puerto Rican tough (&quot;I didn't even cry when my father died&quot, to A'Don, whose mother doesn't speak English, to Michael, whose father doesn't speak English, to Macon, who only seems to care about basketball, we sang loud, we sang laughing, we sang whatever words we knew, and we sang for all we were worth.

http://www.salon.com/life/education/inde...f_a_bad_teacher

Very interesting comments left after this article at Salon.

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That was an interesting article from salon.com. Thanks for posting.

Parents blame teachers, teachers blame administrators. I wonder who administrators blame?