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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:46 AM Original message |
Do you think the vast majority of American students have the potential to succeed |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. i have a son that consistently rates off charts in reading, reading comprehension and writing, yet |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. No one is "bad at math" |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Any suggestions for materials to overcome |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. "I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong. " yes you are, and did. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sorry, I really didn't mean to |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. interesting. thanks. hey, tell me.... |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's a tough progression |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. excellent, thanks for the info. makes sense |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. This is somewhat off topic but, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. numbers are so easy for me, i rounf off to ten on everything then do the simple addition or subtract |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Different kids have different aptitudes and different talents |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. The vast majority of students everywhere have the potential to succeed as has always been the case. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Certainly not |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. There are very few students, relatively speaking, who can blow it out in every subject |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. How do you define success? nt |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. success would be completing the course with a B or better |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. What course? In most highschool, there are many levels, from non college prep to AP. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. And, in other countries, those who don't simply end their education. nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. It depends on how you define success |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. No. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. I do not believe the poor are genetically born inferior to the middle class |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Loaded question. What does succeed means? Can every kid learn some basic (and non so basic knowledge |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. This is less a relevant question than |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. Probably not, but every kid has the potential to at least be proficient. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes |
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bluedave (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. no |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. It has nothing to do with intelligence. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. Nope. Nobody likes to admit it, but some kids are just dumb. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. Potential? Yes. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yes. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. it's a pretty low bar for succeed |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. i think over half of people in general are idiots. there's some things that will be too hard for |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. mathmatically it doesnt work for over half to be under average... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. No, we do not think that, we know it. n/t |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. Interesting topic |
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