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Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:00 pm to smoked hog
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If they have an IEP,
Meh. frick IEPs. The public school system is not designed for that.
The economics of public school learning require the bulk of instruction to be group. There should be an entirely separate system of education for children who require such planning and attention.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:03 pm to MMauler
quote:Dexter Manley says "Hello!"
If this lawsuit is successful the vast majority of inner city school boards in America will be bankrupt within a year. The Orleans Parish School Board would have to shut its doors for good.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:08 pm to djmed
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That’s why William sued his school district, claiming it had left him “illiterate” and that he was denied the “free appropriate public education” guaranteed to all students by federal law.
That's horrible. Why was he not allowed to go to school?
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:19 pm to djmed
If I had to guess I bet he was a terrible student and major trouble maker instead of actually dealing with him they just passed him along the the next grade to make it their problem
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:20 pm to ChineseBandit58
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the 'impossible' part is that he only 'discovered he couldn't read' after he graduated.
That’s not what happened. He didn’t get a dyslexia diagnosis until he was a junior in high school.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 10:28 pm to the808bass
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I have $50 that his school used some form of “balanced literacy” to teach reading.
Balanced literacy is a failed theory of teaching literacy. It’s never worked. It never will work. It’s one of the main reasons that we have so many functionally illiterate students.
That’s not the students’ fault and it’s not the parents’ fault. It is the fault of the supposed experts in the scenario. The educators.
You are more right than you realize. You deserve your $50.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:04 pm to smoked hog
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But I have 20 years of experience, 2 graduate degrees and am certified to teach every high school science from 7th life to physics. I also keep
Let me clap for you.
You clearly stated that you knew passing students that didn't deserve it, due to not learning, wasn't right yet YOU still pass them because your superiors tell you to. So again the paycheck that comes with your job is clearly more important to you than doing the right thing. The right thing. In case your moral judgemental doesn't understand the RIGHT thing is saying NO. If the kid doesn't deserve to graduate then they shouldn't. Passing the kid is not helping the kid or society. I don't care how many awards you won for being part of the gate way for illiterate people going into society.
If you have tried to argue with the bosses and it didn't work you shouldn't just give in. I had a job that was making me close to 6 figures a year and walked away because I knew the company owner was allowing customers to be screwed over and didn't care as long as money came in. I guess you have to make your life decisions yourself. I wish you well.
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Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:08 pm to djmed
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Tennessee
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3.4 GPA
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Couldn’t Even Read
This all checks out.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:09 pm to TrueTiger
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A lot of times when you pay for something and then what you get is not even close to what was promised,
that's called fraud.
Obviously he shouldn't have graduated, but if you can't read as a high schooler than means you've put absolutely zero effort into learning and you've let yourself down. He can't play the victim card, but the District/City should absolutely investigate who let him get as far as he did.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:19 pm to aero1126
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if you can't read as a high schooler than means you've put absolutely zero effort into learning and you've let yourself down.
This isn’t true. Appreciate your post, though.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:26 pm to aero1126
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Obviously he shouldn't have graduated, but if you can't read as a high schooler than means you've put absolutely zero effort into learning and you've let yourself down. He can't play the victim card, but the District/City should absolutely investigate who let him get as far as he did.
He may very well have undiagnosed learning disabilities.
There’s no possible way he graduated with a 3.4 if he can’t read, or even write his own name. Teachers gave him the grades and moved him along,
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:29 pm to the808bass
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This isn’t true. Appreciate your post, though.
Given that this suit didn't happen until after he graduated, and he/his family didn't ring any alarm bells during the "learning process", it is definitely true.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:32 pm to riverdiver
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He may very well have undiagnosed learning disabilities.
There’s no possible way he graduated with a 3.4 if he can’t read, or even write his own name. Teachers gave him the grades and moved him along,
I am in no way condoning what the teachers did, and they absolutely need to be investigated. With that said, I've seen people with learning disabilities get engineering degrees by studying a lot more than their peers. Effort plays a big role in life, especially when it comes to learning.
This post was edited on 2/14/25 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:34 pm to aero1126
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Given that this suit didn't happen until after he graduated, and he/his family didn't ring any alarm bells during the "learning process", it is definitely true.
There’s very easy ways to teach dyslexic kids to read. Did his district employ those interventions? Did his parents bring his reading struggles to the school before? The school knew he couldn’t read and didn’t intervene.
Some of the blame rests on the family for sure. But they’re not experts in literacy and aren’t supposed to be. That role is assumed by…. Wait for it …. The fricking teachers and administrators and support staff.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:37 pm to djmed
He can go to an HBCU now and get his degree.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:39 pm to Night Vision
Can't you guys let Vince Young alone? It's been 20 years since his Wonderlic score was revealed.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:43 pm to djmed
2017 to 2021 should be the time he learned to read
Posted on 2/14/25 at 5:52 pm to LSUtoBOOT
quote:The lasting legacy of LBJ
it’s demise fully funded by rich Uncle Sam
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