Comments on: A Different Exit Exam http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/ news and views from uc berkeley Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: dan http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7195 dan Fri, 26 May 2006 07:41:33 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7195 Of course the big difference between an exit exam and the Commonwealth A level system is that the exit exam comes in addition to the curriculum learnt in school and the A level tests make up the curriculum itself. Of course the big difference between an exit exam and the Commonwealth A level system is that the exit exam comes in addition to the curriculum learnt in school and the A level tests make up the curriculum itself.

]]> By: Damon Z http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7189 Damon Z Fri, 26 May 2006 00:32:03 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7189 There has to be a better way to improve educatio than sticking another exam at the end of high school. However these questions could be part of a very useful class called "Living on your own" :). There has to be a better way to improve educatio than sticking another exam at the end of high school. However these questions could be part of a very useful class called “Living on your own” :).

]]> By: dk http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7081 dk Wed, 24 May 2006 08:04:39 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7081 Ms. Dilenschneider represents one of the gravest threats to America, she personifies the race to the lowest common denominator. Ms. Dilenschneider represents one of the gravest threats to America, she personifies the race to the lowest common denominator.

]]> By: Ben Chapman http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7080 Ben Chapman Wed, 24 May 2006 04:59:51 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7080 X+3=7, solve for X (the CA high school exit exam) Racist! how dare they?! rich people from Beverly Hills are able to buy the answers to questions like that. everyone knows that. but change my oil, priceless. because there are some things money cant buy ... X+3=7, solve for X (the CA high school exit exam)

Racist! how dare they?!

rich people from Beverly Hills are able to buy the answers to questions like that. everyone knows that. but change my oil, priceless.

because there are some things money cant buy …

]]> By: Danielle http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7078 Danielle Wed, 24 May 2006 04:39:20 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7078 i wouldnt argue that the test "discriminates against low income and immigrant students" it implies that they are incapable of passing the test. yet, as i have seen for myself, some schools are not meeting the minimum required curriculum needed to pass this test. in my town, pittsburg, the majority of our schools have been taken over by the state due to low test scores and failure to meet the standards of the curriculum[my mother never let me attend pitt school...thank goodness]. this is going on in oakland, los angeles, ect. thus if the state finds itself taking over schools because they fail to meet the curriculum, then how can they implement an exit exam when quite number of schools are not implementing the curriculum needed to pass it? until all schools are doing so, then they shouldn’t implement the test. and the test is quite basic, the fact that we cant implement the test is a damn shame, a pretty damn shame!!!! californians should be outraged, embarrassed!!! arent yall tired of out of state students talking shit?? "oh thats a californian education for ya"? but it takes more than a bureaucratic gov to fix it. on top of some crappy schools [not all, many are state of the art] we have parents and voters who have failed to hold these schools, politicians, and school board accountable [yes its the parents job to be proactive in education-the school is not babysitter]and a youth culture that doesnt value education. it takes more than gov to fix this. it drives me nuts to see the comercials with the universal preschool "oh it will make our kids smarter" not if they go to crappy schools with retrograde curriculums!!!!! hello!!!! it completely missess the point, that money would be better off upgrading and improving the crappy schools those preschoolers will end up going to. i suggest that the patriot starts a discussion on the crisis of cali school system, solutions, and stuff. its very interesting..... i wouldnt argue that the test “discriminates against low income and immigrant students” it implies that they are incapable of passing the test. yet, as i have seen for myself, some schools are not meeting the minimum required curriculum needed to pass this test. in my town, pittsburg, the majority of our schools have been taken over by the state due to low test scores and failure to meet the standards of the curriculum[my mother never let me attend pitt school…thank goodness]. this is going on in oakland, los angeles, ect. thus if the state finds itself taking over schools because they fail to meet the curriculum, then how can they implement an exit exam when quite number of schools are not implementing the curriculum needed to pass it? until all schools are doing so, then they shouldn’t implement the test.

and the test is quite basic, the fact that we cant implement the test is a damn shame, a pretty damn shame!!!! californians should be outraged, embarrassed!!! arent yall tired of out of state students talking shit?? “oh thats a californian education for ya”? but it takes more than a bureaucratic gov to fix it. on top of some crappy schools [not all, many are state of the art] we have parents and voters who have failed to hold these schools, politicians, and school board accountable [yes its the parents job to be proactive in education-the school is not babysitter]and a youth culture that doesnt value education. it takes more than gov to fix this.

it drives me nuts to see the comercials with the universal preschool “oh it will make our kids smarter” not if they go to crappy schools with retrograde curriculums!!!!! hello!!!! it completely missess the point, that money would be better off upgrading and improving the crappy schools those preschoolers will end up going to.

i suggest that the patriot starts a discussion on the crisis of cali school system, solutions, and stuff. its very interesting…..

]]> By: -ben http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7065 -ben Tue, 23 May 2006 17:59:35 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7065 According to their rationale, the British Commonwealth middle school PSLE, high school GCE 'O' and junior college 'A' levels would be as unjust as students have to EARN the diplomas. With regards to California, this is what a culture of "entitlement" ultimately leads to. NEWS FLASH! You do not "deserve" a high school diploma--you EARN one. If this passes, eventually the high school diploma will be worthless because it is no guarantee of the individual's skills he/she ought to have mastered in high school. Prediction: with large numbers of high school graduates unemployable, the next step would be to create a welfare state (e.g. Louisiana). The local population will then be held hostage to liberal politicians' agendas in order to continue receiving welfare assistance and social programs. Until I arrived in California, I have never encountered such destructive culture / agenda as that possessed by California liberals': one that rewards mediocrity and cultivates an expectation of undeserved--and unearned--entitlement. According to their rationale, the British Commonwealth middle school PSLE, high school GCE ‘O’ and junior college ‘A’ levels would be as unjust as students have to EARN the diplomas.

With regards to California, this is what a culture of “entitlement” ultimately leads to. NEWS FLASH! You do not “deserve” a high school diploma–you EARN one. If this passes, eventually the high school diploma will be worthless because it is no guarantee of the individual’s skills he/she ought to have mastered in high school.

Prediction: with large numbers of high school graduates unemployable, the next step would be to create a welfare state (e.g. Louisiana). The local population will then be held hostage to liberal politicians’ agendas in order to continue receiving welfare assistance and social programs.

Until I arrived in California, I have never encountered such destructive culture / agenda as that possessed by California liberals’: one that rewards mediocrity and cultivates an expectation of undeserved–and unearned–entitlement.

]]> By: what http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7056 what Tue, 23 May 2006 08:37:04 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/05/22/a-different-exit-exam/#comment-7056 You are an asshole Patrick You are an asshole Patrick

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