Public school. Small school though for a small community. Average graduating class I think is like 60-70 students. They also are a one to one school which means every kid gets a laptop they take home and are expected to take care of. Hence the online research. Caveat there being if they use Wikipedia they have to cite the source Wikipedia cited in the article causing them to eventually get to an "official" source.

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Yes, you retake the whole test. I see that as ensuring you didn't already forget the other stuff too. Another point is the teacher does move on after the test but it is up to the student to come in and get the help they need. I suppose if enough kids failed a given section they would hang back and bring everyone up but they don't stop for one or two kids. This makes the student more responsible for their own learning as well because it's up to them to get the help they need rather than wait for the teacher to cater to them.

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mark merrens wrote:

more just a waste of good tea.

Who says it was GOOD? :-D

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It's interesting because they actually now take the test before they even learn the content so they know where they need to work and the teacher knows what each student needs to work on. It actually leads to more directed instruction. Then they take the test again and if they fail a section they have to take the test again until they pass it. So like true developers they get to fail over and over again until they get it right. :-D Then again this is just a sample of what some of the teachers are doing. It doesn't work in every subject but it does solve the issue of teachers being overloaded with what is essentially busy work neither the students nor the teacher wants to deal with (complete for student and check for the teacher) and helps the student know areas of improvement. As I said, it's new and shiny right now because nobody has had a chance to prove it doesn't work yet but there's hope. The main message I've noticed is that the school is working to change the way the kids learn to fit more into an office environment instead of the old factory mentality. For example they no longer have a school bell because that was something originally designed to train kids for the whistle in a factory telling you when to go from one place to another. All interesting and in the end I think mostly crap but might as well try something right? :-D

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Well some of the handouts are created by the teachers over the years but as for reference they use the library for research if need be. The only issue with this is if you have a 50 year old teacher using handouts from the 70s. :-D Seems to be working out all right so far but this is the new way of doing things so of course nobody has found loopholes yet. :-D The other thing that might blow your mind is that they have little to NO HOMEWORK. The only measure of whether they understand is by actually using the material and tests. Took awhile to get used to but the more you think about it it makes sense.

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What's a textbook? We don't use those in my child's school. They use handouts and computers for reference.

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Was this all from working out in an MMA gym or something? I assume a diet was involved. You must share your secret with us! :-D

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Godspeed my friend. Godspeed.

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True, but have you seen the display on the new iPad?

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Could have been better. Could have been worse. We'll see how it goes.

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Lucky 13.

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Perhaps it's a suggestion to the soldier based on the number of kids in the picture... :~

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Odds are that just means that someone who is currently working 3 different jobs can go back to only one or two now. If it's a good company that person even gets to keep their current salary which wasn't paying them to do 3 jobs in the first place.

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Who told you about my experiments? :~ :suss:

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Where will you be going in Spain? Took a trip there last year. Costa del Sol was nice.

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That depends. Which day do you have the most time to fidget with the settings to make it usable? Just upgraded myself and nothing is more annoying than the mandatory 4 hour struggle to set it up.

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Indeed, buy the lying in bed part is a bit more enjoyable when not in prison... :-D

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Simple. We don't actually start voting until we're 50 and realize sometimes it matters. As for age of consent that varies by state as well. Also, apparently parental consent as evidenced by the 51 year old actor that married a 16 year old. He had to get permission from her parents to do it... X|

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PIEBALDconsult wrote:

a hard drive for a hard drive

Hey, we're talking about family here... X| :laugh:

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Wait for the ax. Then use the time on their unemployment benefits to find a job you like :-D If you start looking now they might find out and use that alone to show you the door. As stated above I'm sure you'll find your love again with coworkers who like and appreciate your talent.

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