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 Post subject: Students not ready for college
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:38 pm 
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I think the guys from the Super 8 must've been in that group...


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:04 pm 
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It's an on-going problem.

As long ago as 1980, one of my professors walked into the classroom shaking his head. He'd just finished a session of Math for Management, and one of the students said that 12 divided by 4 was 6. (Business students were required to take either Calculus I or Math for Management, which includes a small amount of calculus at the end.)

I suspect that "No Child Left Untested" is making it worse, since the teachers have no choice but to "teach the test," according to a friend with 3 kids in public school. There's simply not time for any material not on the test!

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