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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School is not a competition.  The sooner people realize this, the better.  The goal of public school is to have kids graduate with a basic level of competency in all areas.[/quote]

Can you tell colleges? Until they agree, it is a competition [/quote]

Getting into Harvard is a competition.  The goal of public school isn't, and never has been, getting into Harvard.  99.999% of kids aren't going to an ivy league caliber school.

[quote=Anonymous]Organizational skills are more important than content in school and in real life.  Now we've decided to stop teaching and to stop requiring it for our kids.  Why?  Because some kids aren't good at it so we should not teach or require it from any kids?  Why does that make sense?[/quote]

Organizational skills are being taught at school.  Argue that they aren't, but I have had to give a dozen lessons this year alone through "advisory" on how to organize binders, how to maintain a planner or electronic calendar, how to manage your time, how to appropriate email adults, etc.  It just doesn't count for a grade, nor should it.  The grade I give kids for "calculus" should display the percentage of calculus concepts they've learned, not how good they are at time management.

[quote=Anonymous]Do you have kids?[/quote]
Yes.[/quote]

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