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No Child Left Behid
February 22, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 39 weeks ago
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This is just another excuse for bad teachers and lax administrations to pass blame. When I grew up in CA we took the CAT and no on had to "teach to the test". The test covered the materials we were supposed to be well versed in. If a few students did poorly more emphasis was placed on them. If many students did poorly it was a teacher problem. Things have really changed since then.
When I talked in class to other students I was whacked across the knuckles. No more talking. When a student jumped up and called the teacher a MF'er (they did that even then in Berkeley) a cop stationed in the school would drag the kid out. Expelled or sent to alternative. Never to be seen again disrupting learning. And most of all, we were required to learn!!!! We even had to take shop classes and PE. No excuses. Boys could take home making and girls auto shop.
No child left behind is a burden on the schools because they have to spend time on real subjects as opposed to feel good multiculturalism and diversity.
Ex-Berkeley CA resident.