Dear group, I correct myself from the previous post. Joe CLARK was the
high school principal, not Joe Brown. How stupid can I be? Richard C.
August
"Richard C. August" <raugust at ptd.net> wrote in message
news:KxnY8.33445$Q43.1034999 at nnrp1.ptd.net...
> Dear Mrs. Smith,
>> What good does money do, or even a source thereof, when the fact that
> Americans are just SLIGHTLY more intelligent than TWO third-world African
> Nations, and that ignorance is a real money-maker for even the ersatz
"best"
> of our women? You can throw money at American schools, yet because of
this
> feminised "universal education", all you get is $3,000 - $5,000 per child
> per year versions of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. You get
children
> who are stylish, sexualised, and stupid, yet highly paid for their
> "professionalism" and "attractiveness" and "beauty".
>> You also get children who are pretty and pregnant. Pregnancy is on the
rise
> among teenagers in both the USA and the UK, because the Pill and Condoms
> failed them and they see no hope of self-respect or dignity in anything
> other than orgasm.
>> You also get an increase in drug use among teens in all living situations
> because of separation from the family due to divorce or running away or
> abuse or fabricated abuse, and because of a lack of education in the basic
> three "r"'s. Many can barely sign their names.
>> Do the math, Mrs. Smith. Kids see Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Brad
> this-guy and Anastacia That-girl as rich and famous, strutting around on a
> public stage in little more than an eye patch, talking as if they were
never
> educated at all, and making millions of dollars for their lack of talent
> whilst screaming sex, sex, sex. They are rich. They are beautiful. They
> are respected. People worship the ground on which they walk. If the math
> says that I can be like them and strut around like strumpets and satyrs
and
> make all kinds of money that I'll never see in my lifetime, why can't I be
> like them and try to be famous? I'll be rich, I'll be respected, I'll
have
> lots of money to do whatever I want, if I simply dress like a sexpot,
scream
> sex like a siren, maybe get into the tabloids, and do whatever and
whomever
> I want. Kids see Anna Nicole Smith as the buxom blonde who got busted by
a
> billionaire when he died in his 80's after promising her his fortunes but
> never recorded them in his Will. Never mind that she just got her own
> "reality" TV show. Never mind that Britney Spears just opened a
restaurant
> in New York City. Never mind that these people, when left to display
their
> real talents, are nothing more than Jayne Mansfield-esque fly-by-nights.
> Kids don't see things that way.
>> This is why kids nowadays dress like Britney & Justin & end up getting
> pregnant & in and out of relationships, like Madonna. They dress the
part,
> they act the part, they end up getting just as pregnant as Madonna did
> twice, and then oops! They end up on WELFARE, because they have LESS THAN
> NO TALENT, even WORSE education, and they end up with NO money even though
> they emulated the lifestyles of their idols.
>> Translation of this is: WE END UP PAYING, THROUGH THE NOSE, TO EDUCATE,
> FEED, AND CLOTHE THE HORNY AND UNEDUCABLE. So much for "universal"
> education. How many kids, much less adults, know what a universal joint
is
> or what purpose it serves? It isn't a matter of teachers throwing so much
> knowledge at our kids that they can't handle it all, because children in
> other countries have to attend school for 49 weeks each year or more. The
> year has only 52 weeks, so that ends that notion. American education, for
> what it's worth, is GARBAGE and has been so for over 20 years.
>> We need to STOP universal education, throw the dummies out of our classes
> summarily, quit educating pregnant teens for free AND providing them day
> care in High School, teach that Madonna, Britney Spears, and Justin
> Timberlake are DISHONOURABLE CHIMPANZEES deserving a thrashing, teach that
> beauty and sexual prowess aren't enough to survive, and even reduce
> athlete's salaries down to people levels. Any idiot can bounce a
basketball
> and/or sock a few homers and/or make a touchdown or a tackle. We need to
> stop paying mooseheads exorbitant wages for being mooseheads. We need to
> stop welfare. We need desperately to STOP FEMINISM IN ALL ITS SHADES AND
> FORMS NOW before our society completely collapses.
>> Consider the story of Joe Brown, the educator who turned East Side High
> School in Elizabethtown, NJ from a jungle to an institution of higher
> learning. He evicted the dregs summarily. He locked them out of the
school
> so they could never return. He had the halls and walls painted by those
who
> formerly scrawled graffitti on them. He enforced study hall rules. He
> personally met each child and talked with them and cared about them. He
> instituted Adult Literacy Courses for their parents who could not read.
> Never mind that Joe Brown is a Negro, a Colored man, a Black man. Never
> mind that one of Hollywood's finest and strongest actors, Morgan Freeman,
> portrayed him in a movie, long after he played "Easy Reader" on the
> Children's Television Workshop program "The Electric Company". Joe Brown
> cared and cares for his students, and I believe Morgan Freeman would do
the
> same. After Mr. Brown was jailed for violations of School Code for
locking
> the School Doors with chains, preventing a fire drill from taking place
and
> calling the police "the enemy", his kids came in civil disobedience
marching
> en masse to the court house to secure his release from prison. Guess what
> else happened? School operating costs in Elizabethtown either remained at
> the same level or went DOWN, because teachers finally cared about
students,
> students finally cared about learning, and they settled to the business of
> educating the educable and leaving the dregs behind.
>> Even a black teacher from an urban school district realised that
"universal
> education" WASN'T WORKABLE. Now, it's time for US to ALL SUMMARILY FOLLOW
> Joe Brown's lead. Face it, Mrs. Smith, universal education will NEVER
work.
> All it will do is all it ever has done, and that is to CO$T AMERICAN
> TAXPAYER$ BILLION$ of DOLLAR$ in wasted school tax money. The end result
is
> an endless supply of careless, ignorant waste cases, with only a few
> diamonds in the rough.
>> Consider again the original TIMSS Scores from 1995. Consider the children
> on the street where you live. Consider the clothes they wear, the food
they
> eat, and the cars they drive and the jobs they work. The question is no
> longer, "What is the square root of 3 divided by 2?" or "From where did
> your parents come?". Instead, it's "You're 14 and you're still a virgin?
> Like, how did THAT happen? My God, doesn't anybody LIKE you?", or "That's
a
> real woman? That sure isn't my mother!"
>> God bless you in your effort to discover the truth about education and the
> American Teenager.
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>> Richard C. August
>> "Hope Munro Smith" <hopems at mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message
> news:hopems-1407020903140001 at cs6625171-151.austin.rr.com...> > In article <rK3Y8.33351$Q43.1013368 at nnrp1.ptd.net>, "Richard C. August"
> > <raugust at ptd.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Hope Munro Smith,
> > >
> > > Mere books and uniforms do not account for the cost of SHEER STUPIDITY
> in
> > > the American Educational Systems.
> > >
> > > My mother related this story to me last night. A gentleman she knows
> > > inquired of three teenage children on the streets of my hometown
> concerning
> > > who bombed Pearl Harbor at the beginning of US involvement in World
War
> 2.
> > > One teen answered that US Forces bombed our own base under friendly
> fire.
> > > Another answered that Usama bin Laden bombed Pearl Harbor, when he
> wasn't
> > > born until c. 1959, since he was 12 in a photo featuring his family in
> > > Sweden in 1971. Yet another answered most intelligently, that he
didn't
> > > know.
> > >
> > > A former PA state Gubernatorial candidate, Peg Luksik, remarked in a
> > > campaign speech made to senior citizens in a senior center, that a
girl
> who
> > > learned phonetic spelling could never figure out that "apple" was
> spelled
> > > a-p-p-l-e when she was told that phonetically, she could spell it any
> way
> > > she pleased, so she chose a-p-l.
> > >
> > > Never mind that our kids never learn real American History or
Spelling,
> or
> > > that they learn revisionist standards from highly paid but untrained
> > > professors who earned their degrees from diploma mills and were
promoted
> by
> > > the Peter Principle. Our kids are rapidly becoming even more
> INCOMPETENT
> > > than are these professors, to the point that they can't even figure
out
> the
> > > numbers on a calculator, much less work a slide rule.
> > >
> > > Lastly, I was taking an evening walk last night, when I observed
several
> > > teen girls rather provocatively dressed. Granted, it is summertime
and
> they
> > > need to dress to be cool. But to wear clothes only a prostitute would
> wear
> > > would make one wonder where their brains really are. Can they read
> clothing
> > > labels, or bottles of hair colourant? Is it any wonder our American
> Schools
> > > are now wasting more money and talent with day care centers in our
high
> > > schools whilst pregnant teenagers usurp our tax dollars ostensibly
> obtaining
> > > an education when they've been told flat out they can earn more money
on
> > > their backs than they can on their feet?
> > >
> > > Face it, Mrs. Smith, American Schools are a dungheap, and American
> Children
> > > are its fodder. Billions of American dollars are wasted educating the
> > > uneducable MTV generation, who care nothing about the real world other
> than
> > > watching "The Real World" on MTV. Talk to these kids, and find out
how
> > > dumb, or how smart, they really are. "Beavis and Butthead" have met
> their
> > > progeny here.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard C. August
> >
> > Dear Mr. August,
> > I was not taking about the quality of education, I was merely
> > making an observation about the source of funds. More money
> > comes out of public funds for education in North America,
> > whereas in other countries parents assume a larger share
> > of the cost. However, we also guarantee universal education,
> > whereas in many parts of the world only those who can afford
> > to send their kids to school do so.
> >
> >
> > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
> > > news:qaMX8.49430$P%6.3485518 at news2.west.cox.net...> > > >
> > > > "Hope Munro Smith" <hopems at mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message
> > > > news:hopems-1207022039410001 at cs6625171-151.austin.rr.com...> > > > > In article <AhLX8.49083$P%6.3468866 at news2.west.cox.net>, "John
> Knight"
> > > > > <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > "Cary Kittrell" <cary at afone.as.arizona.edu> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:agn34f$hla$1 at oasis.ccit.arizona.edu...> > > > > > > In article <SZCX8.47920$P%6.3357792 at news2.west.cox.net>
> > > > > > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> writes:
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > <"Shadow Dancer" <insomniac at winterslight.org> wrote in message
> > > > > > > <news:agm2br$mukqa$1 at ID-150265.news.dfncis.de...> > > > > > > <> Here are some I just dug up:
> > > > > > > <>
> > > > > > > {...}
> > > > > > > <>
> > > > > > > <> And yet another:
> > > > > > > <> http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/heshe.html> > > > > > > <>
> > > > > > > <> My terminology was wrong, I meant the corpus callosum.
> Either
> > > way,
> > > > > > women
> > > > > > > <> use their entire brains more efficiently than men do and,
> once
> > > > again,
> > > > > > size
> > > > > > > <> does NOT matter :P
> > > > > > > <>
> > > > > > > <>
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > <Not only was your terminology wrong, but so were your
> conclusions.
> > > > Here
> > > > > > are
> > > > > > > <some I just dug up. In the following 12 subjects, no country
> > > scored
> > > > > > lower
> > > > > > > <than American 12th Grade Girls who scored:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What Johnny isn't telling you is that he "just" dug these up
> years
> > > > ago,
> > > > > > > and has been drawing erroneous conclusions ever since. For
> example
> > > > > > > he also is not telling you that:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > <Zero percent of American 12th grade girls correctly solved
> TIMSS
> > > math
> > > > > > > <problems.
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > <Zero percent of American 12th grade girls correctly solved
> TIMSS
> > > > physics
> > > > > > > <problems.
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > that I have twice in the past demonstrated that his "method"
of
> > > > > > "analysis"
> > > > > > > which "led" to the above "conclusions" would also "lead" to
the
> > > > > > "conclusions"
> > > > > > > that:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > a. anyone answering all questions correctly should
receive
> a
> > > > > > > mark of only 80%, and
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > b. five out of every four girls got one question wrong.
Can
> > > > > > > you say reduction ad absurdem?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It's not the girls who can't apply math correctly.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Google has it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -- cary
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Let's use a simple example of how wrong you are, cary.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Question K09 on the 12th Grade TIMSS Math test given to 12th
> graders
> > > > around
> > > > > > the world in 1995 reveals an astounding difference in math
skills
> > > > between
> > > > > > the sexes in all the countries who participated. The average
> > > difference
> > > > in
> > > > > > all countries was 10.5%, with 47.3% of boys and 36.8% of girls
> > > answering
> > > > > > correctly, but the difference in the US was 22.1% (28.6% of
girls
> and
> > > > 50.7%
> > > > > > of boys). In countries like Cyprus where 60.1% of the boys
> answered
> > > > > > correctly, guesses on the test would not have influenced the
> scores by
> > > > that
> > > > > > much, but where only 28.6% of American girls answered correctly,
> > > guesses
> > > > > > must be taken into account.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since this was a multiple choice question with four possible
> choices,
> > > > the
> > > > > > probability of getting the correct answer just by guessing is
25%.
> In
> > > > other
> > > > > > words, for every four students who guessed, one of them would
have
> > > > gotten
> > > > > > the correct answer by chance. The maximum score would have been
> > > > achieved
> > > > > > had all the students who didn't understand the problem guessed
at
> the
> > > > > > answer, so where 28.6% of American girls answered the problem
> > > correctly,
> > > > > > 23.8% of them got the correct answer by guessing, and 4.8%
> indicated
> > > > that
> > > > > > they understood the problem [x = total guesses, 0.25x = correct
> > > guesses,
> > > > > > 0.75x = incorrect guesses = 71.4%, x = 95.2%, 0.25x = 23.8%,
28.6%
> got
> > > > the
> > > > > > correct answer - 23.8% guessed the correct answer = 4.8%
> understood
> > > the
> > > > > > problem]. However, with an estimated error of plus or minus 3%,
> only
> > > > 1.8%
> > > > > > are known with certainty to have understood the problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > American boys didn't do that much better, since [prior to the
> > > adjustment
> > > > for
> > > > > > the 3% error] just 34.3% of them got the correct answer because
> they
> > > > > > understood the problem, 16.4% got the correct answer because
they
> > > > guessed,
> > > > > > and 49.3% guessed incorrectly. Thus only 31.3% are known with
> > > certainty
> > > > to
> > > > > > have understood the problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Prior to adjustment for the 3% error, 53.2% of the boys in
Cyprus
> > > > guessed,
> > > > > > 39.9% guessed incorrectly, 13.3% guessed correctly, and 46.8%
> > > understood
> > > > the
> > > > > > problem [x = total guesses, 0.25x = correct guesses, 0.75x =
> incorrect
> > > > > > guesses = 39.9%, x = 53.2%, 0.25x = 13.3%, and 60.1% correct
> answers -
> > > > 13.3%
> > > > > > correct guesses = 46.8% who understood the problem]. Only 43.8%
> are
> > > > known
> > > > > > with certainty to have understood the problem, so per capita,
> compared
> > > > to
> > > > > > American boys 40% more boys in Cyprus are known to have
understood
> the
> > > > > > problem, and compared to American girls, 24 times as many were.
> > > > Compared to
> > > > > > American girls, 17 times as many American boys are known to have
> > > > understood
> > > > > > the problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is this adequate proof that our attempt to establish "gender
> equality"
> > > > is a
> > > > > > failure? Yes. To achieve that ephemeral goal, our "educators
> began
> > > an
> > > > > > unnecessary and destructive "gender war" of unprecedented
> proportions,
> > > > more
> > > > > > than doubled education spending as a percent of GDP, and
out-spent
> by
> > > > more
> > > > > > than three times countries whose students far outperformed ours.
> > > Japan,
> > > > > > whose 8th graders scored 105 points higher than ours, spends
half
> as
> > > > much
> > > > > > for education. Korea, whose 8th graders scored 107 points
higher
> than
> > > > ours,
> > > > > > spends even less per student than Japan.
> > > > > > http://christianparty.net/timssgeometry.htm> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > The link on that page might be hard to find, so you can go directly
to
> it
> > > at
> > > > http://christianparty.net/timssk09.htm> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This is because parents assume a larger portion of the
> > > > > cost of education than they do in the United States.
> > > > > In most other countries, parents have to buy
> > > > > all their children's school books, supplies, uniforms,
> > > > > plus pay for transportation to and from school. No school
> > > > > buses subsidized by the community or free lunch
> > > > > programs. There goes part of your theory. Anyone else
> > > > > want to trash the rest of it?
> > > >
> > > > Do you REALLY think this would double the cost of "education"?
> > > >
> > > > John Knight
> > > >
> > > >
>>
