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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: HUAC redux? (was Re: Writing Assessment)
perhaps you need a good joke. Here's one I heard a few nights ago: Two elderly couples fequently went out together. One night the men were sitting apart from their wives when one began to tell the other about a new restaurant he and his wife had discovered. When asked what it was called he replied, "what's the name of that flower that smells nice and comes in many colors and has thorns.....???" When his friend says "rose," he calls out: "That's it!" and then, more loudly: "Rose! What was the name of that restaurant where we ate last night?" cheer up. we are winning this one! Judi ----- Original Message ----- From: Daria A Stoner <sac71095@SACLINK.CSUS.EDU> To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:29 PM Subject: Re: HUAC redux? (was Re: Writing Assessment) > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Erwin Morton wrote: > > > Judi Hirsch wrote: > > > > > seems to me that we are testing our kids to death and not educating them. no > > > other field has so much of this insanity, and I think the idea is not to > > > come up with better tests but to come up with better schools/learning > > > environments. It's kind of like building a better nuclear bomb--who needs > > > it?? > > > Today was the intial dreaded staff development day for our district, and > every publisher's rep boasted several times that their material "included > SAT9 prep materials" or "improved SAT9 scores." One even spoke of a test > as a teaching tool. I love your comment, Judi. I'm just not feeling so > optimistic tonight. > Daria Stoner > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L > > to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L > to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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