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8/2/2015 5:45:37 PM
mr_optimistic Las Vegas, NV 64, joined Nov. 2010	And we will have Doctors and Engineers like this one. ============================================ Melissa Mejia, 18, was stunned and embarrassed when officials at William Cullen Bryant HS in Long Island City, Queens, told her she had met all the requirements to receive a diploma in June. She knew she hadn’t. Teachers say Melissa is just one of a number of students magically given credits for classes they failed in an effort by administrators to raise Bryant’s graduation rate. She told her story to The Post’s Susan Edelman. I don’t like receiving what I would call a handout, but that’s what happened. New York City gave me a diploma I didn’t deserve. I had a lot of trouble getting up in the morning. I didn’t really go at all. I think I showed up about five times in the first marking period. In the second marking period, my attendance was also poor. I got a 55 for both, an “F.” http://nypost.com/2015/08/02/students-stunning-plea-why-did-nyc-let-me-graduate-high-school/ Meet singles at DateHookup.dating, we're 100% free! Join now!
8/2/2015 5:50:50 PM	Las Vegas, NV
cafe_express Gueydan, LA 83, joined Mar. 2013	This is a true story. My Sister in law taught school in Titusville Florida and she marked students according to their performance. When the principle brought her into the office he asked her to mark the kids on a curve or else they would lose funding and their grade level would drop.
8/2/2015 5:52:35 PM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	No, Melissa, NYC didn't give you the diploma...your school's principal did. I bet you weren't the best student around, approaching graduating age and he/she (the principal) wanted to be out of you. I bet he/she changed your "55" to a passing "65"....Principal have such prerogative. Nauseating.
8/2/2015 6:26:30 PM	Las Vegas, NV
Yasureoktoo Seattle, WA 60, joined Dec. 2014	If she is a minority, she can graduate medical school like this.
8/2/2015 6:28:37 PM	Las Vegas, NV
mr_bad_robot Cincinnati, OH 40, joined Jul. 2014	Happens more than people think.
8/2/2015 6:35:21 PM	Las Vegas, NV
cafe_express Gueydan, LA 83, joined Mar. 2013	When you see the grammer and speech sometimes you wonder how the heck they passed English.
8/2/2015 6:39:02 PM	Las Vegas, NV
mr_bad_robot Cincinnati, OH 40, joined Jul. 2014	Teaching proper English in the hood is considered racists.
8/2/2015 8:06:00 PM	Las Vegas, NV
cafe_express Gueydan, LA 83, joined Mar. 2013	It feels like nails on a chalk board when I hear the "s" on the end of pleural words. Like "womens". UGHHHHH!!! [Edited 8/2/2015 8:06:27 PM ]
8/2/2015 8:06:36 PM	Las Vegas, NV
61falcon New Hope, PA 74, joined Feb. 2008 online now!	It's not just high school kids it's college graduates as well.They are getting into over $100,000 in debt, to have an education far less than high school of fifty and more years ago.
8/2/2015 8:32:46 PM	Las Vegas, NV
cafe_express Gueydan, LA 83, joined Mar. 2013	Quote from 61falcon: It's not just high school kids it's college graduates as well.They are getting into over $100,000 in debt, to have an education far less than high school of fifty and more years ago. I believe that Falcon. Used to be you were guaranteed a job with a college education, now the college kids are having to take lesser jobs and those being filled by foreigners then floods the market with college grads all out of work and they become a dime a dozen, especially for the Bachelors Degrees. The debt incurred is astronomical for that, how the heck can they afford their Masters unless they stay living with mom.
8/2/2015 8:40:30 PM	Las Vegas, NV
nat_now Ocala, FL 56, joined Jul. 2013	Why she asks? Because ..can you imagine if honesty in grading and deserving played out on no curve?
8/2/2015 8:48:57 PM	Las Vegas, NV
annamally Santa Clarita, CA 52, joined Feb. 2013	This has been going on for decades ! In my senior year I was so bored that I cut school about twice a week ... I NEVER read a book .... But , when I did show up at school I took great notes .... At the end of the year they figured out that my truancy was faked . And they called my mom .... When they showed her my signed sick forms ... She asked them ... Why I was graduating with honors ???
8/2/2015 8:58:25 PM	Las Vegas, NV
citylights01 Elkridge, MD 36, joined Feb. 2013	Quote from cafe_express: When you see the grammer and speech sometimes you wonder how the heck they passed English. I think you mean grammar.
8/2/2015 9:13:59 PM	Las Vegas, NV
rocky_dennis Mechanicsburg, PA 35, joined Nov. 2013	Of course she wants something she didn't work for. She had no issue taking that diploma, sleeping in, while her parents didn't care about her or her education. So if this plays out in a suit, make her parents pay it and do the time, the truancy requires. Fire whoever signed to this, take their licences and keep the responcibities off the tax payers. [Edited 8/2/2015 9:16:49 PM ]
8/2/2015 9:14:55 PM	Las Vegas, NV
rocky_dennis Mechanicsburg, PA 35, joined Nov. 2013	, [Edited 8/2/2015 9:15:37 PM ]
8/2/2015 9:23:08 PM	Las Vegas, NV
nat_now Ocala, FL 56, joined Jul. 2013	So they can go on to college and get a subsidized loan or go for free! Not only are there no longer true standards in school, there are lesser standards and requirements for college. Napr started a thread recently with an excellent college topic utube. Narrator definitely has some good common sense. If you listen to it you'll learn why this happens and even into college.. which makes the truly bright and promising ones no longer stand out above the ones who would obviously be deficient in every aspect.. Sprinkles for everyone.
8/2/2015 9:33:28 PM	Las Vegas, NV
annamally Santa Clarita, CA 52, joined Feb. 2013	Quote from nat_now: So they can go on to college and get a subsidized loan or go for free! Not only are there no longer true standards in school, there are lesser standards and requirements for college. Napr started a thread recently with an excellent college topic utube. Narrator definitely has some good common sense. If you listen to it you'll learn why this happens and even into college.. which makes the truly bright and promising ones no longer stand out above the ones who would obviously be deficient in every aspect.. Sprinkles for everyone. And they question Trump for going to H visa's for good employees !! ...
8/2/2015 9:35:44 PM	Las Vegas, NV
drwookie Reading, PA 61, joined May. 2013	Quote from mr_optimistic: And we will have Doctors and Engineers like this one. ============================================ That's a really stupid conclusion. But thoroughly expected from you!
8/2/2015 9:36:54 PM	Las Vegas, NV
drwookie Reading, PA 61, joined May. 2013	Quote from citylights01: I think you mean grammar.
8/3/2015 6:32:39 AM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	Quote from Yasureoktoo: If she is a minority, she can graduate medical school like this. Jim, please, are you aware of the large number of students who drop -from any / all colleges- during the first semester? Are you also aware that the government has to provide you with free education ONLY up to the HS level?
8/3/2015 6:34:03 AM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	Quote from cafe_express: When you see the grammer and speech sometimes you wonder how the heck they passed English. And the problem begins in grammar school. Listen to Noam Chomsky on education to find the answers.
8/3/2015 6:36:35 AM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	Quote from cafe_express: It feels like nails on a chalk board when I hear the "s" on the end of pleural words. Like "womens". UGHHHHH!!! The same with "You is" and "You was"...or when I see "a lot" written as one word.
8/3/2015 6:43:53 AM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	Quote from 61falcon: It's not just high school kids it's college graduates as well.They are getting into over $100,000 in debt, to have an education far less than high school of fifty and more years ago. In HS and college you are supposed to know how to read and write properly; the pedagogues in these two levels are there to impart knowledge on different subjects...no to teach what it was supposed to be learned at the grammar school level.
8/3/2015 6:46:46 AM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	Quote from cafe_express: I believe that Falcon. Used to be you were guaranteed a job with a college education, now the college kids are having to take lesser jobs and those being filled by foreigners then floods the market with college grads all out of work and they become a dime a dozen, especially for the Bachelors Degrees. The debt incurred is astronomical for that, how the heck can they afford their Masters unless they stay living with mom. Everything you describe is the same Noam Chomsky says in his conference on education...the only difference is he provides you with examples that will make your hair to jump up and down.
8/3/2015 6:49:16 AM	Las Vegas, NV
cafe_express Gueydan, LA 83, joined Mar. 2013	Quote from duchessa: The same with "You is" and "You was"...or when I see "a lot" written as one word. Guilty of the one, I catch myself all the time a lot. LOL The contractions, which are considered slang have become one word without the apostrophe. Duchessa, I friend of mine went to college and was getting her credits while still a senior in high school, she had 36 before graduation. She told be that in her advertising class the ads had to be geared for a 3rd grade level.
8/3/2015 8:01:04 AM	Las Vegas, NV
duchessa Yonkers, NY 62, joined Aug. 2008	Quote from cafe_express: Guilty of the one, I catch myself all the time a lot. LOL The contractions, which are considered slang have become one word without the apostrophe. Duchessa, I friend of mine went to college and was getting her credits while still a senior in high school, she had 36 before graduation. She told be that in her advertising class the ads had to be geared for a 3rd grade level. Many good students take college credits (AP) while in HS....but, as usual, depends on the teacher to recommend the good ones for these courses. My AP classes were attended ONLY by students whose attendance was nearly perfect (other subjects) and had a 90 to 95 point average in my class (Spanish Lit.) And no, people, no everybody who has a Spanish surname speak said language correctly...in fact, most of the kids born in USA to Spanish speaking parents don't speak Spanish at all.
8/3/2015 8:04:15 AM	Las Vegas, NV
sillylaugher61 Murrysville, PA 53, joined Aug. 2011	this makes me think about the testing scandal down in Georgia. At least some of the people involved did go to jail. That is what needs to happen to those people who ran this school.

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