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3:45 am on January 23rd, 2008 1
Queen Min?
4:28 am on January 23rd, 2008 2
Hey dude… what’s your opinion on this?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22779968/
5:09 am on January 23rd, 2008 3
usinkorea,
It is not Queen Min.
Charlie,
First of all it is from MSNBC which makes it immediately suspect and secondly I have long stressed that we should give everyone the maximum opportunity to serve their country until they prove otherwise. It is very snobbish to say someone with a GED is a poor recruit. Give the guy a chance and if he can’t cut it, it is easy enough to chapter the person.
Also the article makes no mention that the military is in the midst of an expansion that makes recruiting much harder than usual.
9:16 am on January 23rd, 2008 4
Queen Sondok.
10:01 am on January 23rd, 2008 5
Princess PyongGang?
10:29 am on January 23rd, 2008 6
Mark got it again. It is Queen Sondok the first of three total queens during the Shilla dynasty:
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine7.html
11:06 am on January 23rd, 2008 7
When we went to school, one need only pass enough classes and earn enough required and elective credits to graduate. Now a high school senior must pass standardized tests to earn a high school diploma. Those who don’t pass get a certificate of completion. Not surprisingly, students unlikely to pass drop out because they feel it’s not worth spending another year in school if they’re not going to graduate. The US high school graduation rate is 70-75%, depending on who you ask. This is atrocious for an advanced nation. Nearly all South Korean students graduate from high school after taking a more rigorous curriculum.
It’s unfair to presume these dropouts are lazy or stupid. Educational conditions vary tremendously across the US. The students most in need are the least likely to be taught by skilled teachers because of safety issues and the stress of dealing with severe behavioral problems from children who lived in troubled homes in violent neighborhoods. Another factor in the low exam passing/high dropout rate is the growing number of students with limied English and limited education prior to coming to the US. Our school district is looking at implementing a combined ESL/GED program for students from Latin America.
1:04 pm on January 23rd, 2008 8
Very good points Sonagi.
I hadn’t realized that high school graduations rate were that low. That is really embarrassing and something I haven’t heard any of our presidential candidates address.
Do you think the low graduation rate is something that can be fixed with money or is it an organizational and policy type of problem?
9:24 pm on January 23rd, 2008 9
Higher salaries might help lure more qualified teachers to districts with low achievement, but money alone won’t help. I myself wouldn’t work in certain districts no matter what they paid. My physical safety and mental health aren’t worth it. If we want to raise the graduation rate, we need to start in preschool. Harvard Professor Ronald Ferguson has done a lot of work with equity in academic achievement. His research demonstrates that the poverty/racial gap can be closed with quality, effective instruction that begins early.