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Hi .. I heard this early the morning the news broke and being totally disgusted and wondering what time will be wasted on next .. The TV was turned off! 
posted by
BrightIrish
on April 1, 2012 at 12:54 PM
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Here's a word that I hope never gets banned, because it accurately describes both the education system in our country, and the thought processes of those who are supposed to be in charge: JOKE! 
posted by
JimmyA
on April 1, 2012 at 10:16 AM
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Naut, This seems very subjective to me.
posted by
Amanda__
on March 31, 2012 at 10:41 AM
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The months of March and April are hectic in our school. They are the months that we administer standardized tests, which, as far as I am concerned, are absolutely useless and give us no indication of how our students are really doing. The other months of the school year are for teaching to the test, NOT teaching things our students could use in the real world.
posted by
tamijo
on March 31, 2012 at 9:39 AM
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Nautikos
R Why some of them? For myself they at least mean the principles of democracy. In other words we enjoy birthdays and such Naut. BC-A, Bill’sR®st
posted by
BC-A
on March 31, 2012 at 8:06 AM
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I think this is the new political correctness prep class, how lucky New Yorkers are to have all those folks out there justifying their jobs right before the public eye that was blinded long ago.
posted by
UtahJay
on March 30, 2012 at 11:51 PM
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I loved what you wrote. On a serious note this is yet another way of destabilizing our culture. Junk, pure and simple, junk in the education system. Why do we have such a low standard of education when we were the highest world wide when we were allowed to read the Bible in school. Insanity certified. 
posted by
Justi
on March 30, 2012 at 6:26 PM
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Nautikos
What about the word Torrana?LOL
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM
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Perhaps they should pay more attention to the cheating that goes on with these tests and not the words! LOL! sam 
posted by
sam444
on March 30, 2012 at 1:43 PM
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Funny, how school administrators think. Funny weird, not funny ha-ha.
How's that for a loaded word: "funny"?
Halloween? Dinosaurs? I really hope you're kidding me.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 30, 2012 at 12:52 PM
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it isn't very often that your Kabu is speechless, this has left me berefit
of anything to say...well that i dare say anyway...
posted by
Kabu
on March 30, 2012 at 12:06 PM
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I could think of a few how about lemon, 
posted by
C_C_T
on March 30, 2012 at 10:55 AM
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No one appreciates the editor.
posted by
Ciel
on March 30, 2012 at 10:11 AM
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What are they going to remove next?
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 30, 2012 at 9:22 AM
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