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06-04-2018, 06:50 AM   #181
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Reminds me of an article several years back about teachers failing a proficiency test. The solution was to make the test easier, and have them retake it.

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Reminds me of an article several years back about teachers failing a proficiency test. The solution was to make the test easier, and have them retake it.
I can write test everyone will pass, I can write a test everyone will fail. If the test was flawed, it needed to be rewritten.

And yes, too many qualified people failing test is an issue.
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I wish it was a case of a poorly written test, but I don't believe that was the issue. It was pretty pitiful. If I can find the article, I'll post a link. It was some years back though, so don't hold your breath.
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Here's a question for everyone...

With the dwindling funding for NASA and the rise of private space exploration companies, what country will those private companies fictitiously invent?

06-04-2018, 07:58 AM - 2 Likes   #185
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I wish it was a case of a poorly written test, but I don't believe that was the issue. It was pretty pitiful. If I can find the article, I'll post a link. It was some years back though, so don't hold your breath.
Kid
I ain't got no shoes for gym class today.
Teacher
Where is your grammar?
Kid
Out behind the woodshed plucking chickens.

When poor sentence structure becomes a hinderance to communication then it's an issue. However, using archaic and not commonly used phrases and forms of speech is also a hindrance to communication. The only question for me is not some arbitrary standard of english use, but how well they get their point across to the kids.

I once had a buddy, a math teacher who bragged about cheating in university because he was too dumb to get through, used every common phrase and totally abused the english language, yet exit tests showed his students to be a full 10 grade points (in first year university) better than the formal english speaking MA math teacher who went on to work for the ministry as a curriculum writer. The ability to enforce archaic language forms is vastly over-rated.

I don't know in what warped universe the way you express yourself is more important then your effectiveness in expressing yourself, but the education system has to be one of the few where you can be rewarded for having a pickle up your ass about points of language that don't effect the ability to communicate.

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Here's a question for everyone...

With the dwindling funding for NASA and the rise of private space exploration companies, what country will those private companies fictitiously invent?
Amazonia?

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Amazonia?

Googlesylvania?

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Googlesylvania?
Now that would be fun. We could watch the two Goliaths beat on each other.

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I do have one question for the moderators to pass on to Adam. Do posts form Australia count towards the monthly contest totals? And, what if somebody from Australia wins? How do we get the camera to them?

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I do have one question for the moderators to pass on to Adam. Do posts form Australia count towards the monthly contest totals? And, what if somebody from Australia wins? How do we get the camera to them?
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the post reckons that all Australians are nothing more than computer generated personas...
...reaching consensus...

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Do posts form Australia count towards the monthly contest totals?
Trying to get rid of the competition are you?

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what if somebody from Australia wins? How do we get the camera to them?
Send it in on a weather balloon, see if you can photograph the curve
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Amazonia?
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Googlesylvania?

Trumpistan!
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Let's put this myth to death; Australia is still here! (and possibly NZ as well)
If the earth is really flat, that's OK, we understand that, but we are still on the other side;



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Let's put this myth to death; Australia is still here! (and possibly NZ as well)
If the earth is really flat, that's OK, we understand that, but we are still on the other side;



Mods, could you please check into Rod's account? We don't need NASA shills 'round here...
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Mods, could you please check into Rod's account? We don't need NASA shills 'round here...
I think it's the same art department that did the moon landing.
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