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depends on what you are looking for, are you looking for scores? or something else to show that it's "good"
Just walk a lot but do not over do it and eat ultra healthy....you will be fine....
Anonymous wrote:
I think you could have fun with this. Falsely answering may result in some type of fine but as far as I can tell the right to be a moron is one of our most fiercely guarded rights in the country.
ACS Questions:
Sex : Infrequently
My race: can't even do a 5K
What type of house I live in: Overpriced
How large is the lot? Big
Is there a business on this location? Does phone sex count?
How many of these rooms are bedrooms? DH sleeps on the couch so does the living room count?
Flush Toilet? Usually, sometimes I forget.
How many vehicles of 1 ton or less are kept at this address? I don't know. I took the bathroom scale into the garage and drove the car onto it but it broke.
Do I own this house free and clear? No, in law strings attached.
Where I was born? In a hospital
Am I a citizen? Yes of some country somewhere
What is my ancestry or ethnic origin? Australipithicus
Do I speak any other languages besides English at home? Does cursing count?
How well do I speak English? Me talk English good.
Do I have difficulty doing physical, mental, or emotional conditions that make it difficult for me to do errands alone, such as shopping or visiting a doctor's office? No but DH has physical impairments that prevent him from doing housework yet he can golf and bike.
How many times have I been married? One time too many.
Have I ever served on active duty? Yes at work I am expected to walk down the hall to meetings.
Last week did I do any work for pay? Yes, my toddler did not compensate me for wiping his tushy, cooking all meals, and scrubbing the crayon off the wall.
How did I get to work last week? In a hurry
How many people rode with me to work? Does the guy tailgating me the entire way count?
When did I leave my house to go to work? Really early
What kind of work do I do? Pointless and boring
What are my most important activities or duties? Pretending to be interested in what other idiots are saying.
What are my interest and dividends(even small amounts)? I dont know what a dividend is but my interests are tennis, coin collecting and TV watching.
hilarious!!
Teacher for Gray all the way....
In all this analyzing of scores have we stopped to think about other aspects of a school that work?? As a parent I care somewhat about these scores. What worries me is over reliance on these scores and ignoring both (1) what they add up to in the end and what needs to be happening in school in order for them to "succeed in these tests".
1. think, lets say your child gets 100% proficiency in the end...what does that trasnlate to in terms of what they will be when they grow up, or their wages, or level of happiness. Nothing. On the other hand, if they have an amazing innovative, creative and inspiring teacher, it might be life-changing. (2) All this focus on test scores, test scores, test scores only help to strip the teachers of their ability to truly inspire. They are under such pressure to get the score that "teaching to the test" is the only option. This means, boring, drab, disconnected learning for your child.
Perhaps as parents we need to rely more on our own intuition on whether the school is bad or not....does the child enjoy learning? does your family feel welcomed at the school? are the kids able to interact in a mature manner? Does your child come home talking about what they have learned and want to do more? Test scores are not the end-all-be-all of a school......you might have a 10 school and get shitty teacher, or have a 1 school and have a life-changing teacher who will inspire your child to become the best he can be.
our kids are not numbers and like in the matrx, we need to disconnect from this love of numbers and start dealing with rating schools in a more comprehensive manner that will allow them to bring back those life-changing and inspiring teachers.
1. think, lets say your child gets 100% proficiency in the end...what does that trasnlate to in terms of what they will be when they grow up, or their wages, or level of happiness. Nothing. On the other hand, if they have an amazing innovative, creative and inspiring teacher, it might be life-changing. (2) All this focus on test scores, test scores, test scores only help to strip the teachers of their ability to truly inspire. They are under such pressure to get the score that "teaching to the test" is the only option. This means, boring, drab, disconnected learning for your child.
Perhaps as parents we need to rely more on our own intuition on whether the school is bad or not....does the child enjoy learning? does your family feel welcomed at the school? are the kids able to interact in a mature manner? Does your child come home talking about what they have learned and want to do more? Test scores are not the end-all-be-all of a school......you might have a 10 school and get shitty teacher, or have a 1 school and have a life-changing teacher who will inspire your child to become the best he can be.
our kids are not numbers and like in the matrx, we need to disconnect from this love of numbers and start dealing with rating schools in a more comprehensive manner that will allow them to bring back those life-changing and inspiring teachers.
america is made up of 2 kinds of people,
1 . the ones who think they know everything and want to tell others how to live and 2. the ones who think they know what is best for them and trust others to chose their best way too.
to have such string feelings about this issue is just plain abnormal. Get a life and go create your own path....
1 . the ones who think they know everything and want to tell others how to live and 2. the ones who think they know what is best for them and trust others to chose their best way too.
to have such string feelings about this issue is just plain abnormal. Get a life and go create your own path....
Anonymous wrote:There are few things less attractive than a person eating. People who do so in public should be charged with indecent exposure. At the very least, they should apologize to all the other folk in the vicinity. If
they can't cover their naked mouths then they should stay at home!
I don't see why people can't either eat before leaving the house, or just take an IV with them. It is a simple matter to carry the necessary equipment and liquid nutrients in a small cooler. For goodness sakes, companies give away the coolers for free! And did you know that the growing trend is to wear a permanent hep-lock in your
arm?
Who wants to see people put food in their facial orifice in public? Come on, we all know what mouths are for, and THAT is most appropriately done in private!
If people insist on eating in public, the least they can do is to use a head cover. There are so many attractive covers now available that you can even match one to your outfit as a fashion statement. It is easy to make your own from a yard of knit fabric, and you don't even
need to hem it.
As for this law I keep hearing about, prohibiting the harassment of those who feed in public, well, that is just ridiculous! We need to return to the good old days when public decency was more common.
--Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
Posted today on http://www.blacktating.com/2010/09/quote-of-day-anti-nursing-in-public.html
it's easy to go off here like a lunatic.....I'm sure if you saw me in public I dare you say it to my face.....it's not my fault that your mind is dirty....
since we speak spanish my daughter calls it "leche" and the regular milk from a cow, "milk"...pretty funny
Anonymous wrote:Somebody with a little time should compare the test scores of the white kids from school to school to school. ie, at Mann, 67 percent of the white kids score 'Above Average.' at Lafayette, 64 percent of the white kids score 'Above Average.' At Eaton, 60 percent of the white kids score 'Above Average.'
Then compare apples to apples WRT your type of kid.
That, to me, is more persuasive than the umbrella "what is the best school" answer.
People might be interested to know, for example, that the percentage of white kids scoring 'Advanced' in reading is much, much, much higher at Eaton than at Key. To me personally, this says there's a whole lotta test prep going on at Eaton, because I do not believe that the white daughters of public interest lawyers and journalists living in Cleveland Park are 40% smarter than the white daughters of public interested lawyers and journalists living the Palisades.
to me that tells me that not only is there most test prep....but also a whole lot of "teaching to the test", which is fragmented, drab and short term learning.....not quality. we have to be wary of thinking scores mean everything.......a highest test score does not always mean better school better teachers....it may mean daily drab teaching to the test type teaching......