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Honestly, I mentioned this to a recently MINTED female teacher... And she immediately accused me of being Racist for "Sorting by ability".

I challenged her "I never mentioned race, and don't care about it".

She Replied "Yeah, but you sound like a conservative, and this is your way of shoving all the black kids together...."

I was like: "Ummm, who's racist now?"

But I took this as sarcasm from you. From her. A sign of the times.

Sorting by ability.. REGARDLESS of the color of one's skin... Should be the goal.

Just let it sink in. Would you rather be one of the 3 DUMBEST students in a class... And be left behind. Or be among the other 30 people in the school who are at the same level, and NEED help, and GET THAT HELP.

Everything is upside down!

Yep!

You are correct, again. Was just thinking of the wealth leaving the city and how quickly it will be gone. But yes, they will get monies first from the state until that is gone, and they work on the fed. Did not think that far ahead.

My crystal ball is starting to image a new mosque where this church was. Isn't that what Muslims historically do?

I'd like to think you are right, but left wing parasites (and crony "capitalists" for that matter) are experts at playing the needy victim ploy and NYC will likely find ways suck wealth out of the state and federal coffers to prolong the scam. They will tax our popcorn as we watch the show meaning they will force us to pay for their folly until it fails.

We are sitting ducks eating popcorn watching the Muslims burn us down slowly. They are smiling and learning just how much we will let them get away with.

Question so ancient I forget who asked it.
What starts walking on four "legs", then two and ends up on three?
Not an uninjured "young man" who for his old age issues needs a cane.

Well done Euecu2!!

Oh - forgot to say - there was a bit of sarcasm in that.....

What?? Sort by Ability?? So that those that understand the materiel can keep learning, and the ones that do not have the basics can be given the basics? How could that be fair??

Thanks for the post...

Wise young man - well said! Asking a question when you know the answer...

These days not to let anything illegally destructive happen to a Muslim place of worship is all that matters to a Jackass Party government, to fake news reporting and to broadly smiling with hands over their hearts new world order communists who ironically proclaim ALL religion to be an opiate of the people.

Great group, all funny.

I have a habit of asking such a question when I already know the answer.
Maybe it is an Allosaurus (means "different lizard") off the wall kinda thing.

What's hilarious is HOW EASY it is to fix this stuff.
First, age should be secondary for choosing the class difficulty.

Take the students, and sort them by ABILITY. The TOP tranche of students are held to a higher standard. At the 1 or 2 lowest levels, we DOUBLE the teachers, add "aids/volunteers/police officers (if needed)". Because most of the disruptive behavior is here.

And then you TEACH to a group of kids that have SIMILAR skills.
The teachers in the middle get bonuses based on how many kids move UP.
Teachers are allowed to push kids down a notch for failure to perform, or disruption.

Within each "tranche" you compare them to those that came before them in that tranche, and set the pace. BUT TEACH to engage the students where they are.

The end result, someone like me would end up in:
1) High Math Classes
2) Lower Reading Classes (Dyslexia, etc)
3) Average to low English Classes
4) Average History, etc.

But I would have been more engaged. Instead, I scored > 80% in everything on the ACT.
Except ENGLISH, where I Scored a 9% (91% of kids taking that test did better than I did. I underscored ALL of the English as a second language kids, LOL)

The logic is simple. It's hard to soar like an eagle when you are flying with turkeys.
Likewise, when there is pure chaos everyday in class, it's hard to get the attention you need to actually improve. You just want the PAIN to end.

I was lucky that I asked a teacher for help, and in my senior year of HS, he helped me go BACK to my 9th grade english text book, and redo EVERY assignment, accelerated. Then 10th grade, then 11th grade. By the end of the year, I was working on 12th grade English. He graded me based on the work I was doing, catching up. And he was clear. The first time I Dropped the ball, he was out.

Oh, and then he gave me the cheat code for learning... Which I have shared MANY MANY times... Thanks to him. May he R.I.P.

Because it was......close to the truth? Thought that one was really funny.. almost to close to the truth...

Watching NYC - after what has happened in such a short time, do not think it will take all that long that the show will go on...

All it takes is one. One young girl in Russia did it. So can your student.

Regarding meme #3 top row~~what a great punchline!
Eating popcorn meme #6 top row? Is that watching justice being served? Or is it karma?
Over the hill divorced old dino perceives middle-aged women to be attractive and younger uns out of reach.
Still like looking, though. Or the only reason I like channel surfing over to TV wrestling.
Last meme bottom row? Why did I laugh when that was so mean?

I'll never see Angus the same again - sad about the beef burgers, LOL. Uh yeah on the coffee. Pop a lot of corn watching NYC play out - they will not learn, but the show will go on a long time. ALL good ones, OUC! Thanks for starting my day!

Good call, FFA. After reading your note, I made a quick visit to their site, which tries to pretend to be neutral, but it looks more like a smoke screen for another gun control ploy. I should have done that first.

On number 16 (Federal funding for communism):
The communists in NY, Kalifornia and elsewhere are absolutely DEPENDING in the Federal government to bail them out when things go sour. The only way they can be secure is if the entire US goes Communist and there's nowhere for the non-communists to go. This is their long term objective. There can be NO Federal support for failed communist states. Sit back with some popcorn, and let them crash and burn.

I never wanted to teach high school. I kind if fell into it from being an adjunct in Texas. Teaching is both wonderful and disgusting. It is wonderful when you get a student who cares and tries. Teaching is disgusting when Adminstration puts pressure on teachers to pass undeserving students. Last year I was forced to pass one who did not come to class but 1 day out of the last 9 weeks.

A royal batch, D. While OUC takes care of his Linda, you have been putting a truth batch into play as always. Carl, give Linda my love and I hope you both can catch a break soon!

Last run before the Taggart Bridge becomes a casualty. One chance to ride the greatest achievement man has ever built before it crumbles beneath an avalanche of drones who pretend they are free. That greatest achievement? The United States of America.