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morethanpretty · 10-12-2006, 12:05 AM

In the last couple of years the school started teaching TAKS, Texas Assesment of Knowledge and Skills, or something like that. It basically made sure that students knew the basics of core subjects and passing it was a requierement to graduate HS. My Junior year I was already in an advance math class, Pre-Cal/Trig...we ended up only spending about 3 weeks on trig because the teacher was forced to give us lessons over the math in the TAKS...we were supposed to spend 3 months on trig. Instead we squandered that time going over basics we had to have known in order to even be in the class. It was awful and there were similar situations in my history and english classes. BTW I was in Advanced English and somehow I got a 2 outta 4 on my TAKS essay...wtf???

Also school teachers are no longer supposed to use red pen when grading a paper, the red gives the child a feeling that they've done something bad...or some b.s. like that...here is one article on the subject:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...s_1m4pens.html

there are many more of course

10-12-2006, 12:05 AM	#13
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	In the last couple of years the school started teaching TAKS, Texas Assesment of Knowledge and Skills, or something like that. It basically made sure that students knew the basics of core subjects and passing it was a requierement to graduate HS. My Junior year I was already in an advance math class, Pre-Cal/Trig...we ended up only spending about 3 weeks on trig because the teacher was forced to give us lessons over the math in the TAKS...we were supposed to spend 3 months on trig. Instead we squandered that time going over basics we had to have known in order to even be in the class. It was awful and there were similar situations in my history and english classes. BTW I was in Advanced English and somehow I got a 2 outta 4 on my TAKS essay...wtf??? Also school teachers are no longer supposed to use red pen when grading a paper, the red gives the child a feeling that they've done something bad...or some b.s. like that...here is one article on the subject: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...s_1m4pens.html there are many more of course __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien Last edited by morethanpretty; 10-12-2006 at 12:13 AM.