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Steve

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another,.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2eyq9qTOQY

I guess my only hope is that they are stoned.. but when taking a college math class we were covering fulcrums
and the professor was using a teeter-tater to explain a rather simple equation, one when a recently graduated students that wasn't getting it asked,.. what will we ever use this for,.. so the professor asked her what she intended on being when she graduated..
she answered "a school teacher",.. the professor (a black minister) just shook his head and told her "girl either you need to change your goals or start learning".. "cause of all the students here, you will need to know this".

a third grader, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etFac3mlkxE
 

AC Diesel

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Absolutely unbelievable, this version I thought was the funniest listen to the mom in the background :lol2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f43X6u5hPww
 

Broke Cowboy

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In the past two days I have had discussions with a couple of teachers - and I showed them this thread to indicate the quality of today's education.

I then showed them this - and that smart guy and smart gal started telling me how it meant nothing because we have computers today.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1230894/-Most-Adults-Would-Likely-Fail-This-1912-8th-Grade-Test-Try-It-VIDEO#

I am more and more becoming a fan of home schooling

Schools today - they DO NOT teach you HOW to think - they teach you WHAT to think.

And that is a huge difference.

Best to all
 

Faster horses

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Broke Cowboy said:
In the past two days I have had discussions with a couple of teachers - and I showed them this thread to indicate the quality of today's education.

I then showed them this - and that smart guy and smart gal started telling me how it meant nothing because we have computers today.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1230894/-Most-Adults-Would-Likely-Fail-This-1912-8th-Grade-Test-Try-It-VIDEO#

I am more and more becoming a fan of home schooling

Schools today - they DO NOT teach you HOW to think - they teach you WHAT to think.

And that is a huge difference.

Best to all

Agreed! :clap: Sad as it is...
I listen to Dr. Laura and a mother called in and was trying to decide whether to send her kids to public school or private school and Dr. Laura said if you are satisfied with mediocracy, send them to public school. Taxpayers are certainly not getting what they have paid for as far as a quality education.
 

Steve

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AC Diesel said:
Absolutely unbelievable, this version I thought was the funniest listen to the mom in the background :lol2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f43X6u5hPww


the mother sure has a brogue,.. (an Irish or Scottish accent in the pronunciation of English).
 

Brad S

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US education is getting 37th best results. Hmmm, I wonder what world rank the US education expense/funding level is?
 

Steve

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U.S. education spending tops global list, study shows

The United States spends more than other developed nations on its students' education each year, with parents and private foundations picking up more of the costs, an international survey released Tuesday found.

Despite the spending, U.S. students still trail their rivals on international tests.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — which groups the world's most developed countries — writes in its annual report that brand-new and experienced teachers alike in the United States out-earn most of their counterparts around the globe.

The findings, part of a 440-page tome of statistics, put the United States' spending on its young people in context.

The United States spent more than $11,000 per elementary student in 2010 and more than $12,000 per high school student.

United States spent $15,171 on each young person in the system — more than any other nation covered in the report.

That sum inched past some developed countries and far surpassed others. Switzerland's total spending per student was $14,922 while Mexico averaged $2,993 in 2010.

As a share of its economy, the United States spent more than the average country in the survey. In 2010, the United States spent 7.3 percent of its gross domestic product on education, compared with the 6.3 percent average of other OECD countries.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-education-spending-tops-global-list-study-shows/
 
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