THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Bocsius on November 11, 2009, 09:08:03 AM
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I've heard of parents giving their kids money for each A on their report cards, and now schools apparently want in on the action.
GOLDSBORO, N.C. – A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after last year's chocolate sale flopped.
The school will sell 20 test points to students for $20.
Students can add 10 extra points to each of two tests of their choice. The extra points could take a student from a "B" to an "A" on those tests or from a failing grade to a passing grade.
Principal Susie Shepherd says it's not enough of an impact to change a student's overall grades.
Officials at the state Department of Public Instruction say exchanging grades for money teaches children the wrong lessons.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_students_buy_grades
:usacry
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It's like DLC for real life.
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Officials at the state Department of Public Instruction say exchanging grades for money teaches children the wrong lessons.
You think?! :lol
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Or it teaches them the right lessons.
:drake
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If I got all A's on a report card, my parents let me get a video game. Nerd reinforcement :-\
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Get your chicks for free.
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This is so dumb. It kind of shoots No Child Left Behind in the foot.
"Well Johnny, looks like you're failing another test... We may have to hold you back a year."
"Here's $20. Buy yourself something pretty."
"Lookie there Johnny, you pass!"
The kids fail history, science, spelling, math, reading... but hey, at least they learn economics!
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It's like DLC for real life.
achievement unlocked: pass third grade :smug
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:usacry
Only in america :teehee
:tophat
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Can I exchange tires for grades? What about medicine?
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The American school system really is a mess.
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Can I exchange tires for grades? What about medicine?
If you have a vehicle getting less than 18 MPG, you can trade it in for a higher grade and a bicycle.
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Grades for Clunkers.
Make it happen Obama!
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:lol
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They should do this at college, calculus :'(
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They should do this at college, calculus :'(
what are you struggling with? If I recall it was trig substitutions that fucked me over.
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Derivatives and limits, I have a 51/70 in total, still have a shot of passing with a D if I do decent at the final in a couple of weeks.
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I found integration a lot more fun, if you are going to take that after.
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I'm going to protest math as soon as I'm done with school.
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Extrinsic motivation doesn't work.
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Or it teaches them the right lessons.
:drake
"wow, there really IS a correlation between being poor and being stupid!"
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:lol
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This is kinda cool. If I had kids, I'd make them work for the money to buy their education. Build strong work ethic at an early age, then deal with the education thing later.
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They should do this at college, calculus :'(
what are you struggling with? If I recall it was trig substitutions that fucked me over.
me too, only engineers need to give a fuck about trig anyways.
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If I got all A's on a report card, my parents let me get a video game. Nerd reinforcement :-\
I had a friend in Elementary school who got a NES game for every A he got.
Fucker.
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:wtf