Comments on: F = OK http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: roux http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32522 roux Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:05:31 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32522 Prior to Katrina the worst 50 public schools in Louisiana (ranked 49 or 50th) were in Orleans parish. It is a joke and has been for years, they had as many as 15,000 people that received employee benefits, paychecks, insurance, etc that were no longer employed by the system. One of their valedictorians failed the high school exit exam 5 times. My son is working for a contractor in NOLA rebuilding and re-equipping the schools and he says it is still a joke. There is very little discipline and the schools are more like daycare centers than learning institutions. Hopefully things will get better but with the gimme attitude of many New Orleanians don't expect to see anything happen real soon. Prior to Katrina the worst 50 public schools in Louisiana (ranked 49 or 50th) were in Orleans parish. It is a joke and has been for years, they had as many as 15,000 people that received employee benefits, paychecks, insurance, etc that were no longer employed by the system. One of their valedictorians failed the high school exit exam 5 times.

My son is working for a contractor in NOLA rebuilding and re-equipping the schools and he says it is still a joke. There is very little discipline and the schools are more like daycare centers than learning institutions. Hopefully things will get better but with the gimme attitude of many New Orleanians don’t expect to see anything happen real soon.

]]> By: Carnivals at exvigilare http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32521 Carnivals at exvigilare Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:35:17 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32521 [...] Would that lawmakers in Colorado recognize that before public schools start down this path (via Joanne Jacobs): …a student can earn F’s in three quarters and a C in one quarter and still pass for the [...] [...] Would that lawmakers in Colorado recognize that before public schools start down this path (via Joanne Jacobs): …a student can earn F’s in three quarters and a C in one quarter and still pass for the [...]

]]> By: Mike in Texas http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32520 Mike in Texas Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:23:41 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32520 Let's see, is this the same city where the certified teachers are being sent to the charter schools and anyone else who has a hankering for teaching is sent to the public schools? <a href="http://www.teachnola.org/" rel="nofollow">Teach NOLA</a> teachNOLA seeks the nation's most outstanding recent, mid- and post-career professionals to make a difference by teaching in a New Orleans public school Be sure to check out the "I am a certified teacher" and "I want to become a certified teacher" links. Let’s see, is this the same city where the certified teachers are being sent to the charter schools and anyone else who has a hankering for teaching is sent to the public schools?

Teach NOLA

teachNOLA seeks the nation’s most outstanding recent, mid- and post-career professionals to make a difference by teaching in a New Orleans public school

Be sure to check out the “I am a certified teacher” and “I want to become a certified teacher” links.

]]> By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32519 allen Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:51:34 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32519 'soical promotion'? ‘soical promotion’?

]]> By: Catch Thirty Thr33 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32518 Catch Thirty Thr33 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:30:43 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32518 ...and people wonder why New Orleans, in spite of being one of the busiest ports in America and one of its cultural centers, is also one of its most impoverished cities, if not THE most impoverished. …and people wonder why New Orleans, in spite of being one of the busiest ports in America and one of its cultural centers, is also one of its most impoverished cities, if not THE most impoverished.

]]> By: Larry Strauss http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32517 Larry Strauss Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:49:48 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32517 Are we supposed to believe that these children are being done a favor? What intervention is being done for these children who've endured the hurricane and "recovery"? School should be the place of stability and hope for these kids. Not another endorcement of inferiority. Are we supposed to believe that these children are being done a favor?

What intervention is being done for these children who’ve endured the hurricane and “recovery”?

School should be the place of stability and hope for these kids.

Not another endorcement of inferiority.

]]> By: Independent George http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32516 Independent George Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:36:38 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32516 From TFA: <I>And even students who fail to meet that reduced standard can still earn credit for one semester: Three F's and one D -- mathematically a .25 average -- earn students a "half credit," meaning they only have to repeat half the course.</I> From TFA:

And even students who fail to meet that reduced standard can still earn credit for one semester: Three F’s and one D — mathematically a .25 average — earn students a “half credit,” meaning they only have to repeat half the course.

]]> By: Dr. Weevil http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/04/f-ok/#comment-32515 Dr. Weevil Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:10:46 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/04/03/f-ok/#comment-32515 The author of the article is either illiterate or innumerate, most likely the latter. Rounding up a .5 to a 1 still won't save someone with 3 Fs and 1 D, which comes to a .25 average. So "getting F’s for all four quarters" is not "the only way to fail a course", unless the author has garbled the explanation. The author of the article is either illiterate or innumerate, most likely the latter. Rounding up a .5 to a 1 still won’t save someone with 3 Fs and 1 D, which comes to a .25 average. So “getting F’s for all four quarters” is not “the only way to fail a course”, unless the author has garbled the explanation.

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