Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: Education

  • How Depressing

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/20/build/nation/55-students-skills.inc">Most college students lack skills to do complex tasks, study says</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Most college students close to earning a diploma cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food.<br />n<br />nThose are the sobering findings of a study of literacy on college campuses,…

  • Answering the Question

    Over at <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/">Left in the West</a> Liesa posted <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/?p=2125">something</a> that hit me in such a way I had to comment.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Of the Republican versions of education funding plans sure to come out of the woodwork during the special session next week. This is their opportunity to bring out school vouchers, intelligent design,…

  • Excuse Me

    What happened to the school funding issue being a state problem.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>This base, or "Q line," as some are calling it, is a minimum budget that all school districts must meet to provide a quality education.<br />n<br />nSome districts – most likely smaller districts – may be shocked to see their Q line set…

  • Hypocrisy?

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/01/build/nation/80-methodist-minister.inc">Methodist court defrocks admitted lesbian minister</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"And early in the morning He came again into the Temple, and all the people came unto Him; and He sat down, and taught them."<br />n<br />n "And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in…

  • Equality

    I came across an interesting quote <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/blog/citylights/index.php?p=1291#comment-29269">here</a> this morning that I had to say something about. The quote:<br />n<br />n<blockquote>White men are the only group of people who don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to live every day feeling like they have a target on their forehead. They&#8217;re at the top of the food chain,…

  • I Almost Forgot

    I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/21/build/state/45-ed-group.inc">Montana Education Association-Montana Federation of Teachers are meeting</a> this weekend which only means one thing, time to clean the chicken coop.<br />n<br />nTeachers meeting=Shovel shit<br />n<br />nAdds up to me.<br />n<br />n<b>Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth…

  • Ahhh, I See

    The other day when I saw Hurricane Vince had formed a useless question ran through my mind. <br />n<br />n"Boy, they are about out of names, what will they do if they run through all the names for a season."<br />n<br />nThe answer has come to light for me. They switch to <a href="http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/051010_hurricane_names.html">Greek alphabet…

  • Scary

    Wouldn't Governor Schweitzer and <a href="http://www.lindeen.net/">his</a> <a href="http://www.testerforsenate.com/">cronies</a> be real surprised if the courts decided their solution to school funding isn't <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/01/build/state/35-teacher-salaries.inc">good enough</a>, since they have yet to come up with one by the court mandated deadline, and take over the job for themselves?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Recommendations by the panel may go before a special…

  • Let The Games Begin

    I thought we were going to have a tussle with the High School but maybe we will get it solved short of bloodshed. In all of the papers my daughter brought home from school for us to fill out was a form for free/reduced school lunch. My Darling Wife packs my daughter every day because…

  • Adequate Yearly Progress

    I see the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/17/build/state/20-ayp.inc">Adequate Yearly Progress</a> for Montana schools this year. Fewer schools not meeting the standards so that is good for the state. The full list can be found <a href="http://www.opi.mt.gov/PDF/AYP/2005SchoolAYP.pdf">here (PDF file)</a> to see how your local schools did. <br />n<br />nThis points out another reason I like to Home School. For…