Comments on: More On The Averted “Crisis”

By: Statesman

Statesman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:18:00 +0000

I saw data recently that showed drop-out/failure rates proportional to free/reduced lunch percentages.

By: Toyota Kawaski

Toyota Kawaski — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:32:37 +0000

Yesah Mr.Rich we will roll out your soapbox

By: lou

lou — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:02:07 +0000

They did tell us this stimulus saves 500 jobs.
That’s 500 families eating, staying in their homes, not worried about tomorrow today.

By: Eat this

Eat this — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:12:12 +0000

Is that, wait, is that Jake Knotts in the aqua shirt? Anywho, lets face it SC will always be last and looked at as a southern ass backwards state as long as Harrell and Leatherman are involved. Hold down the poor, lie and cheat to the middle class, and join the ranks of the rich off taxpayer money!

By: me

me — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:43:21 +0000

horry county has been pretty much over ran with yankees and mexicans, i love the fact we just passed another penny tax for the local schools and people STILL fell hook line and sinker for this stupid stimulus BS. those people are fucking idiots.

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:15:41 +0000

Snide comment. I notice the pic accompanying this article is from Horry County. Apparently concern over obesity has not yet hit the Grand Strand.

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:13:12 +0000

Liberty for me, as I understand it the system in the UK, it tests at certain points and the students are shunted into schools that fit their abilities. Tech skills are great but so is trig. We need them all. How? Expand the school day and year. The capital expense for the buldings/equipment is the same. Students are no longer needed on the farm in the summer. Now don’t get me started on what has happened in higher education, public and private. The body of knowledge has increased but credit hours for a degree has decreased.

By: Liberty for me

Liberty for me — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:58:52 +0000

The biggest difference of private school is they dont have to bow to political correctness.You dont have students holding others back…I can send my child to Catholic school for half of what it takes per each public student.That makes no sense!!….While we are talking about it.Schools need to start teaching tech skills again instead of worrying about things like trig..etc that most of us dont use

By: Liberty for me

Liberty for me — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:51:35 +0000

CNSYD,Your right again on one point.They should be segregated .Ones that cant and don’t learn should not hold the others back.They used to do this by using a system..HMMM,What was it called..??Oh yeah Failure…They should fail if they cant pass a grade level test period.If they are 16 and still in 6th grade so be it…Just don’t send an illiterate person to me for a job with a high school diploma.Congress is already full of them(maxine waters..etc)

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:05:29 +0000

Smelly cat you are dead on. In the olden days when I was in school there was a demerit system. Accumulate 16 demerits and you were sent home for 3 days. Get suspended 3 times and you were gone for the year. BTW if you were suspended you could not return until your parents met with the constituent board to explain how you were going to behave in the future. Demerits were easy to come by as heinous crimes like chewing gum would get you 2 per offense. Get caught smoking and it was automatic suspension. And as you hinted you got punished in school and again when you got home. I know families can’t operate without both working nowdays but that is a cause of discipline problems also.