Schools out in Chicago

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Taquita, quit whining about Bush. Just quit whining please.

Who is whining? I am stating the fact of life in education. No Child Left Behind didn't work .It's policies are still in effect today. And the name calling? Do we have to go back to this? Are we not adults? Address my point if I am wrong. However, I know for a fact that I am right. I have seen it with my own eyes.

Edited for syntax. Nice butcher work, Tak.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Who is whining? I am stating the fact of life in education. No Child Left Behind didn't work .It's policies are still in effect today. And the name calling? Do we have to go back to this? Are we not adults? Address my point if I am wrong. However, I know for a fact that I am right. I have seen it with my own eyes.

Edited for syntax. Nice butcher work, Tak.

Who controls education? Left or right?

[nikimcbee]

How much money will it take to have good schools?

Sadly the teachers unions will always want more.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I thought the No child act was a bunch of BS to begin with. Mainly because I personally don't think everyone is smart or intelligent. Not everyone is going to get a Bachlor's, Masters, or a Doctorate. Something people.. no not just people, parent's, can't come to terms with, is sometimes, some people are just going to grow up to have a job with their name on a shirt. Not all people are gifted equally. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try your hardest in academia, but come on now. Not everyone is going to go to college. Sometimes a vocational school, is the better route for an individual. In fact, i can think of a few trades that probably pay better then some 4 year degree's some folks have. If i could have a "do over" in life, id have tried harder in Algebra, and gotten into HVAC. Unfortunately for me, english and creative writing was what I was best at and not mathmatics.

Regarding No Child Left Behind, the intentions are there, but it doesn't work. Standardized testing is a poor representation of academic achievement for the very reasons that you stated above. Yet, that is the standard to which schools are held. It makes no sense and never made sense, but it allows politicians to point and say that they did something about education. Like it or not, the development of the youth has become a political matter. And we wonder why it is failing, just like everyting else that politics becomes involved in.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Who controls education? Left or right?

Public education is controlled by the local school board. Oversight is controlled by the state and federal governments. Both left and right hold blame in this matter.

[nikimcbee]

And the name calling?

Cry me a river fluffy. You treat other people like dirt that don't agree with you, so stuff it, hypocrite.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Cry me a river fluffy. You treat other people like dirt that don't agree with you, so stuff it, hypocrite.

If you want to turn this into a boxing match, we can do that. But, you are going to lose, and I think you know that. Best push from the table now.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

C'mon, I'll buy you lunch.

You don't want to do a monster mod just for pt-boats?

Okay, I buy 2 lunches and a case of beer.

If you gave me a six pack of miller lite for every evening (or early morning) i worked on it, I *might* consider it.

That's 24 beers a week bucko'. A single case of beer? Yeah right.

edit: I don't normally drink that much, but that's how much it would take to get me modding again. Getting buzzed would be the only way I could tolerate it.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

If you gave me a six pack of miller lite for every evening (or early morning) i worked on it, I *might* consider it.

That's 24 beers a week bucko'. A single case of beer? Yeah right.

24 beers a week, eh? Miller lite?


What's your address, so I can ship it to you? Can I just open an account for you at Costco?

[nikimcbee]

*AA treatment not included.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

*AA treatment not included.

See edit of my last post.

[yubba]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

How much money will it take to have good schools?

Sadly the teachers unions will always want more.

It will never be enough, I think $70,000 a year is a enough, alot folks don't even come close to making that, you want to make more money get another job. nikimcbee alittle less chit chat an more modding..,, the hours of down loading on sh3 sboot mod and it still doesn't work,.. got sboot lite to work any words of wisdom on the sboote mod would be welcomed thank you.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

If you want to turn this into a boxing match, we can do that. But, you are going to lose, and I think you know that. Best push from the table now.

Are you going to hide behind your "moderator" badge? So push your own table.

[nikimcbee]

job. nikimcbee alittle less chit chat an more modding..,,

Hey, that's my line.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

See edit of my last post.

That's why didn't make the offer to Jim.