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Posted: 3/19/2013 4:57:48 PM EDT
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/21724149/2013/03/19/principal-cancels-honors-night-in-ipswich
"The Honors Night, which can be a great sense of pride for the recipients' families, can also be devastating to a child who has worked extremely hard in a difficult class but who, despite growth, has not been able to maintain a high grade point average," Fabrizio penned in his first letter to parents.
 
ETA: EVEN MORE!!! This state just can't stop 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/18/sen-elizabeth-warren-raise-minimum-wage-22-hour/ |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 4:58:53 PM EDT
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We are all special now.
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:00:18 PM EDT
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I used to like MA ETA: Cape/Islands and Beantown... |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:01:36 PM EDT
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Screw that noise. Someone is the CEO and someone is the janitor. This is a horrible example to teach children.
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:02:13 PM EDT
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I'm at a private school in MA right now, the public school system is basically an indoctrination camp.
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:04:39 PM EDT
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Good idea. Let's take away recognition for excelling in something. Being talented in something doesn't deserve any special treatment....
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:07:35 PM EDT
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Hopefully this insanity will correct itself one day.
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:17:13 PM EDT
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We are all special now. Yep, and when everyone is special, no one is special. |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:19:55 PM EDT
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special awards for coming in 87th out of 87?
learn how to lose kids, it is a good character builder. You cannot always have what you want. |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 5:42:57 PM EDT
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http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/21724149/2013/03/19/principal-cancels-honors-night-in-ipswich "The Honors Night, which can be a great sense of pride for the recipients' families, can also be devastating to a child who has worked extremely hard in a difficult class but who, despite growth, has not been able to maintain a high grade point average," Fabrizio penned in his first letter to parents.
Thank the Department of Education. But mostly, thank Obama's buddy Bill Ayers. The goal of education is to raise generations of compliant sheep who lack critical thinking skills. Three generations have been through this already. |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 6:42:28 PM EDT
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Kurt Vonnegut wrote a very funny short story about this many years ago! Ithink it was "Welcome To The Monkey House".
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Posted: 3/19/2013 6:44:00 PM EDT
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Kurt Vonnegut wrote a very funny short story about this many years ago! Ithink it was "Welcome To The Monkey House". +1 |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 6:49:23 PM EDT
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No one is is on the honor roll and everyone gets a trophy
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Posted: 3/19/2013 6:51:06 PM EDT
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Someone should fill those kids in on how the real world works.
The B students end up working for the C students, and all the A students can do is teach. |
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Posted: 3/19/2013 6:52:11 PM EDT
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I'm at a private school in MA right now, the public school system is basically an indoctrination camp. Which one? I live very close to two very prominant ones. |
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