Reply #31: Did you ever see that e-mail that [View All]

[callous taoboy]

was in circulation called, "No Dentist Left Behind," which pointed out how absurd NCLB is? The premise was that dentists' salaries are not based on the number of cavities they help prevent. Dental care begins at home, man. It was great.

I have a great class this year. They kicked major butt on the reading test and I'm hoping for similar results on the math test. However, this week some have been falling apart on me. One kid has been abandoned by his father as of a week ago. Another told his mom the other night that he has nightmares that he will not pass the math test, and this is a bright kid. Our scrotum-in-cheif has, as he did with the middle east, lobbed and hand grenade into the public education system with no plan on how to help the wounded.