Yep School is Tough...so is the other option

WASL deadline for math delayed to 2013


Gregoire, along with Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson, had pushed for a delay in math. But both were strongly opposed to delaying the year in which students must pass the reading and writing sections of the exam.
Many Democratic lawmakers wanted to delay reading and writing. School districts with large numbers of low-income children and students who speak English as a second language asked for the delay.

So you don’t want to make kids have to pass a base requirement to graduate from school? And you want to lower the standards to let everyone pass? Can the standards actually get lower?

Explain something to me here, and this helps whom? I grew up not speaking English till I was 8. I know many folks who grew up in homes with English, as a second language and a shitload of these were poor to boot. I grow weary of society feeling the need to adjust its rules to make life easier for all. I celebrate diversity and cultural differences. I do not celebrate multi lingual signage at the DMV.

Recently my wife volunteered at a math Olympics for 7th and 8th graders. Many of the students came from homes where English was not the language spoken at home, and yet these students excelled in all subjects. Many were new to the US and yet embraced the importance of education and not asking for exceptions.

Yep, trust me, it is hard to learn a new language on the run, but you kinda made that choice when you moved here. And yep it is tough being poor, and the circumstances are sad beyond belief in many cases. But lowering the standard doesn’t help make life better; it merely gives you your 1st substantial reason for failure.

Trust me poor reading and writing shows and it crosses all gender and race lines. Every time someone utters the phrase “on accident” I cringe to my 6th grade English class.

Just when I was warming up to being a Democrat.