[QUOTE=Allegiance;1307636]Don't know about the rest of the country, but in NYC a HS diploma is worthless. I have personally seen diplomas given to three immigrants that never learned to read or write English, two of the three went to community college and received two years associates degrees. The third was unable to get his associates degree because finally , two years ago, they changed the requirement and required them to pass an
Hi, on the education item. It has been said and it is true about the excellent students who may be an minority, there is a wide choice there. When we were teaching, we
personally witnessed this:
In Japan: 1. At the end of a period, semester etc., Japanese students study and study and guided by the parents, they review and do library work, to be able to qualify for the next higher grade or more intense program. 2. They have some but very little emphasis on sports, especially the professional variety. 3. Some of them, most of them, are doing advanced math in the 5th grade.
OK, we send our kids to Aruba to drink, to party, to get into very degrading and dangerous scenarios. We train our children to follow dad and watch and dream of ball games, many hours a week. We accept young folks to party and to drink and to live it up. We trained and worshiped OJ and taught him he could do no wrong.
It has been shown he could not write a simple sentence. Admitted to USC? What a crock.
At many Universities, the frat houses are a liquor and sex parlor.
Some will surely not like this. But if we want to talk about education, then we need to be aware of the items outlined above. It is factual, there is a lot more.
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