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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How will your DC get into college? Without testing? What about when in college? No finals? No bar exam? Oh, yeah, I can see them just letting your DC operate on people without taking and passing any exam. Blurry vision? Oh, you'll need an eye test, right? Wrong! Can't have my DC all stressed out about failing that test as well. Harden the f up. This whole world has tests waiting for your DC. Get real.[/quote]

Funny, back in the day when I was in public school, we had much less standardized testing and somehow I managed to do well on the college boards, the GRE and my drivers test[/quote]

Which "day"  was that? I was in elementary school 37 years ago and we had standardized tests, Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the California Achievement Tests, the tests took a few days.[/quote]

Anyone who went to public school has experienced standardized testing -- some privates too -- but they weren't as punishing as tests are today.   If you don't want to believe that, fine, but opting out of some of today's ridiculous testing is not going to hobble kids' ability to get by in the modern world.  It's just not.

It's a very weak argument to say that standardized testing in grade school on up is needed for people to successfully handle testing requirements after high school graduation. [/quote]

What does " but they weren't as punishing as tests are today" even mean? You argument is ridiculous, you are talking about less than 2 school days of testing time. [/quote]

There was no up--front test prep -- not even any advance notice for the standardized tests.

You many not think today's standardized testing is a big deal, but many people do -- in many place besides DC, and many are protesting or opting out.  and face it -- it does nothing to help you pass your driver's test.   What a ridiculous argument.[/quote]

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