#99410
04/03/2003 1:03 PM
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#99411
04/03/2003 3:51 PM
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in fact it irks me a bit that you felt like I needed this explained to me.
No need to take it personally. Sometimes it's a nice thought to explain things unnecessarily
because there are others on the Board, or just lurking, who have had different cultural exposure
and may not know (for example) Winnie the Pooh, or even Disney's Winnie the Pooh.
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#99412
04/03/2003 4:21 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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When my middle child went for his pre-kindergarten screening the tester asked "What's wet?" and got the answer "Water."
Next was "What burns?" - A. "Fire."
Finally - "What bounces?" Gleefully: Tigger!"
Examiner looks inquiringly at my wife, chaperoning, who nods affirmatively (as anyone who knows Disney's Pooh should). Makes no difference, the book says the right answer is "a ball," and to this day the record shows INCORRECT for that item.
Didn't keep him out of kindergarten somehow, and he even survived the rest of his schooling.
What an indictment of the American education system. They test kindergarten kids to see if they're suitable?
How very, utterly and indescribably sad.
- Pfranz
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#99413
04/03/2003 4:46 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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In reply to:
No need to take it personally. Sometimes it's a nice thought to explain things unnecessarily
because there are others on the Board, or just lurking, who have had different cultural exposure
and may not know (for example) Winnie the Pooh, or even Disney's Winnie the Pooh.
Well in fact the comment did occur in a paragraph following the salutation "Alex," so I felt like there was a conversation going on between two parties. Sorry to be so touchy in the first place, but the whole thread has follwoed down a path that began with a misreading of my point.
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#99414
04/03/2003 5:16 PM
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Alex,
I would like to apologize for misreading you. I was responding only to your comment about the patients' responses having been 'depressing.' I was simply observing that their responses wouldn't have been depressing to me.
But you have observed that I misread you and for that I apologize. How many times can I write I am truly sorry that I misread you? I am sorry. Period.
However, I have enjoyed thinking and writing today about the problem with tests--and I did in no way mean to indicate that these tests and their problems were related to you. I am deleting everything I wrote so that it cannot offend you any further. And I do apologize for having misread you although I was just responding to your use of 'depressing.' I am sorry that I went down the path that ended up annoying you.
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#99415
04/03/2003 6:02 PM
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WW - You just deleted parts of what I was about ready to respond to... one of my favorite posts here in a while... no worry... ... and no need to explain why... it's not like I haven't deleted posts before... (although after very careful thought and a day or two resting on my own and others perspectives... especially with the world of good people here!)  dxb - Your advice was well placed.
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#99416
04/03/2003 8:53 PM
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They test kindergarten kids to see if they're suitable?
well, they need to know in which kind of class they're to be placed. sadly, some kids of Kindergarten age are not really ready for school. it needs to be determined what kind of help they will need to be ready.
that being said, the tester at that point was an idiot.
and that being said, our reliance on(often, single) standardized tests to determine whether schools are doing a good job or not, is even more idiotic.
formerly known as etaoin...
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#99417
04/11/2003 11:02 AM
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Synchronicity? Coincidence? or.....
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#99418
04/11/2003 1:30 PM
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formerly known as etaoin...
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#99419
04/11/2003 1:43 PM
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