http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/#comment-49743 dkzody Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:08:00 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10736#comment-49743 Every time I write a recommendation for a student, I qualify it with a statement about the lack of rigor at our school and the student will need remedial help when they get on campus. Every time I write a recommendation for a student, I qualify it with a statement about the lack of rigor at our school and the student will need remedial help when they get on campus.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/#comment-49742 Ragnarok Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:54:12 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10736#comment-49742 It's explicit in California, courtesy of Gray Davis and the Democrats. It’s explicit in California, courtesy of Gray Davis and the Democrats.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/#comment-49741 momof4 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:15:04 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10736#comment-49741 Number one is definitely not satire. Texas is another place where the top percent (10?) at every school gets automatic admission. To appease the diversity mavens, kids from weak schools are given preference over kids from strong ones. Some weak schools may have no students who are really prepared for college, let alone the flagship campus, and some strong schools may have hundreds. There are plenty of other places where the same thing happens, even if it's not explicit. Number one is definitely not satire. Texas is another place where the top percent (10?) at every school gets automatic admission. To appease the diversity mavens, kids from weak schools are given preference over kids from strong ones. Some weak schools may have no students who are really prepared for college, let alone the flagship campus, and some strong schools may have hundreds. There are plenty of other places where the same thing happens, even if it’s not explicit.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/#comment-49740 Foobarista Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:11:39 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10736#comment-49740 Hey! I learned how to make a nuclear reactor out of three coconuts, a bit of wire, and a magic rock from the volcano by watching The Professor at work! I'd say that was educational. Hey! I learned how to make a nuclear reactor out of three coconuts, a bit of wire, and a magic rock from the volcano by watching The Professor at work! I’d say that was educational.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/#comment-49739 pm Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:07:00 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10736#comment-49739 Yeah, with the new UC admission polices the first tip may not classify as satire in CA. Yeah, with the new UC admission polices the first tip may not classify as satire in CA.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/08/help-your-kids-succeed-in-school/#comment-49738 dkzody Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:23:46 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10736#comment-49738 Ok, I know the Onion is satirical, but that first one, move your kid, I've had parents do that with our inner city school. I can think of three top students who were moved to our school just so they could be valedictorians because they would not have made the cut at a top tier school in the district. Ok, I know the Onion is satirical, but that first one, move your kid, I’ve had parents do that with our inner city school. I can think of three top students who were moved to our school just so they could be valedictorians because they would not have made the cut at a top tier school in the district.

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