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Iliftrocks · 08-11-2009, 04:51 AM

I often advise my daughter, who is very bored in school, and can't stand the stupidity, to just do the minimum effort required to satisfy all the requirements of the homework she is assigned. If she works too hard the teacher will, at best, not recognize the effort, and at worst ( and this happens quite a bit ) will detract points from her work for not following the instructions to the letter. These very same teachers will write notes on her report card with the most atrocious grammar and spelling that I have ever seen from someone beyond an elementary education. My daughter, now starting the 6th grade, makes fun of their grammar often.

Public education in this country offers very little but obedience training, and they do that as poorly as they do everything else.

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Iliftrocks Junkie Location: Near Raleigh, NC	I often advise my daughter, who is very bored in school, and can't stand the stupidity, to just do the minimum effort required to satisfy all the requirements of the homework she is assigned. If she works too hard the teacher will, at best, not recognize the effort, and at worst ( and this happens quite a bit ) will detract points from her work for not following the instructions to the letter. These very same teachers will write notes on her report card with the most atrocious grammar and spelling that I have ever seen from someone beyond an elementary education. My daughter, now starting the 6th grade, makes fun of their grammar often. Public education in this country offers very little but obedience training, and they do that as poorly as they do everything else. __________________ bill hicks - "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."