Administering the State Exam to RSP students

Imagine trying to keep a bucket of slithering snakes quiet and productive.

None of them wanted to be there... well three out of 14 did a diligent job taking the test. The others... hmmmm

I administered the State exam for English to a class of Resource 11th graders today. Three of the students wanted to sleep.. I mean down to the snore level. Our job.. keep them jollied up so they wouldn't make low riders on their answer sheets. It didn't work. The UCLA educated principal got on the horn and set the goal.. 29 in 09. Yeah. He had the requisit rah rah rally. The shop boys on the way back to shop said," This really sucks butt. I would rather go to continuation school."

I guess that would not work in the school climate section of the accreditation cycle. Realistically I think those politicians that think that this test is measuring anything should have been sitting in my class today. This is strictly an unfair measure of unrealistic goals for an unhappy population. What is better.. no one is asking. No child left behind is just like just saying no to drugs or our opulent abstinence program that blows through mucho bucks every year for do appreciable gain.

I hope that when people like my sister get in power.. working on her edu doctors program, that people will come to their senses.

There is hope. We have a lot of "helicopter parents" for our gifted population and we have a lot of kids out their in the serious trenches going nowhere fast.

Here I am emoting in the blog once more..

Pat