re: Letter Sent Out by School Principal About Testing

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Doesn't seem that bad. I get the message.

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The key is knowing your child's potential in the various subjects and judging them against that not some amorphous level of perfection. It is no different than judging them on their athletic performance. Not every kid has the potential to start for their high school team just like every kid has the potential to get an A in AP Chem. It is hard enough to get a child to perform near their potential, at least in something they don't have a true passion for, but expecting performance above their potential is both impossible and destructive.

Nothing to see here, just a school administrator essentially telling parents that education isn't important.

There is a pedo who doesn’t care about any of that shite as long as they get to ‘give the test’…

The systematic dumbing down of an entire generation.

All we do is make excuses for those who don’t want to work and frame the wording to sound just a little better to fool the prior generation of jerk offs who also slacked off.

tell your kiddos the truth. You can love some things but they aren’t practical as careers. Those are called hobbies. If you get a hobby job that doesn’t pay well you have to be willing to live within the means that it provides, daddy and mommy aren’t subsidizing your Hulu subscription or paying your car insurance.

Problem is this is where 95% of parents buckle.

Learn how to say no.

I mean, that’s a pretty good message. Standardized testing does not determine anyone’s worth or path in life. If anything, standardized testing needs to be done away with. It’s worthless and is a poor measure of a person’s intelligence.

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Or if a doctor has trouble with differential equations.

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I want a brain surgeon with medical knowledge not one who understands the allegory of “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the nuances of the Nutcracker Ballet.

I want a financial planner who understands math and marketing and economics do not care if he can read a 4-3 defense or break up a screen pass much less whether he prefers Monet or Reuben except as investments.

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Who gives a shite if an engineer doesn’t know why Karen was mad at Jeff in whatever stupid fictional book he was forced to read in school.

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While true there is a lot of benefit for children to learn how to learn

Typical work from home, bare minimum society. It’s important to be well rounded as youths and to train, teach the brain to learn even if it’s something one has no interest in at the time.

Guess what, you don’t go through life only doing what you want to do all the time. Sometimes, you have to roll up your sleeves and wear multiple hats and help pull the companies weight.

I haven’t used thermodynamics or performed differential equation math since graduating, but it taught me how to learn, how to solve problems, and not just give up because I ‘wasn’t in the mood’.

The work from home society will be the death of America.

So now we are hating on people who are trying to remind parents that testing doesn't define them? How many people struggled with standardized testing but did well in school? How often does the OT bitch about teachers who threaten kids with testing, "Fail this, and you will be a failure!"

I get the message, and it applies to a ton of stuff; look at travel ball parents who think their child is the next Mike Trout or Roger Clemens or parents of some of these elite football/basketball teams who believe they have the next Jordan or Brady, it is absurd how parents act to their kid's failure instead of trying to help them many belittle.