Should the millions who graduate public H.S. as illiterates  be permitted to sue the school system?
457799
sure. as taxpayers we pay for it. If you don't get what you pay for you should be able to sue or get your money back as with any other business.
834899
lol. no there are absoulutley no laws about teachers making students not eat in school because they kept them in at lunch time. but there's a first time for everything. maybe if you took a test or quiz that day after lunchtime you could complain you didnt do well b/c u were too hungry and its proven that brains arent active when theres not food to digest and go to court. It could go to the Supreme Court b/c its a good argument and you'd be a hero for all students across the U.S
324762
The law should apply to everyone equally. \n\nThe press can have a hay day with high profile cases though.
1161556
yus that's wye aye uze spell-cheque awn evree lettur eye tipe\n\nI really do not believe that you needed the query character because I do not think that you are really asking a question, and certainly not whether anybody is bothered by bad spelling or grammar. \nI think you are, from the way that you phrased your entry, making a statement about your opinion that the education system is failing, and about how this makes you feel. \nI tend to sympathize with you. But surely you realize that the purpose of the education system is not to turn out people who have skills and can  think for themselves. No indeed not. The purpose of any modern education system is first and formost to teach people to sit down and shut up. If that can be accomplished in the first ten to fifteen years then there is a chance that these people can be trained to do simple tasks, and be useful citizens and good voters. In fact, except for an extremely limited need for professional engineers and doctors the rest of the population needs to be able to do little more than tie thier shoe laces and not dribble food down their faces when they eat, and this could be taught in less than six years of schooling. However good citizenship is very much more difficult to instill. It requires the people to be taught to sit down, shut up,do as you are told and believe in what ever the authorities tell you. This my friend is what you should be afraid of, that the education system works too well, that the facility for critical thought is being indoctrinated out of people all over the world (most especially in North America, Untied Kingdom and Australia). It all seems very Orwellian to me but that is the way it all works. Like growing mushrooms.\n\nDoes it bother me, no seems like a good sign, how else are we supposed to be able to compete with two billion starving overseas people who have no education at all.
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I am bothered by anyone, from any nationality, over the age of 18, that cannot spell or read words from their own language. What bothers me more is the fact that many of them have completed grade school, high school and college and still cannot spell properly and apparently don't care enough to learn. There is something wrong with a school system that will pass children through who cannot read or spell correctly. There is something wrong with parents who do not take any actions when they realize the school system has failed and their child can't spell or read. There is also something wrong with the person who is willing to go through life unable to read or spell words from their own language. Hopefully our school systems will change the way they teach and go back to putting more emphasis on reading and spelling.
596222
At the school where I teach, students who are homeless and live in the district are entitled to attend school, and yes they do receive homework like other students do. It is sad to see these students come in, often tired, underfed and with their clothes not recently washed. Some families live in cars or vans. It would be nice if we could use a fraction of the money we spend on foreign entanglements to help these people.
1149946
No you can't sue the government because of your screwed up kids. If you can't deal with them put them in the organ farms and maybe somebody can get some use out of their worthless lives. Don't have anymore offspring as you are not contributing for the good of the people.
1073327
Definitely! As a high school English teacher, I KNOW that nepotism is hurting our schools. Constantly, highly-qualified teachers are passed over simply because a new hire is related to (or, not strictly nepotism, but because the new hire "knows" someone-this seems to be the major problem) a higher-up. The students suffer because the best teachers are not being hired. \n\nAdministrators should look for highly-qualified teachers (and not only "highly-qualified" because they passed the required tests, but because they are motivated to teach, and by a love of the students and the work) and they are the ones that should be in place in our students' classrooms!
705920
I do not know what exactly the law says, but I believe the organization has to provide the interpreter.  I have absolutely nothing to back up my claim, though.  I would go talk with the school board and ask them.
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no, not at all. The special ed students shouldnt be writing papers for other students, that violates proably half of their IEP's and she can be sued and fired. The test answers we had that problem with our school on the teacher handing them all the answers so they would pass and not get held back. That again violates the conduct and you can basically take that to the higher ups, State education. :)
902414
No, just mind your diction, though.\n\n(The illiterates will surely not be STINGY with their comments)
458370
Please tell you don't live in the USA. I'd hate to have another public school failure put on display.
164274
Sure, but in all honesty, it's not likely.  In my school district (and I think in most places), the principal of the school usually has the final say, and they usually pass the student on.  If the child has dyslexia and modifications are being made as a result (which they should be) but the child is not doing his/her part in school, the child can most certainly be retained.  If the child is trying his/her best and the teacher, the parents, the IEP committee, and the principal all think the child will be okay in the next grade, he/she will pass.
418652
Interesting question (I think it is a question.) Seems to me there is enough blame to go around...let's not stop with teachers. How about the students themselves? How about the parents? We have seen a huge dumbing down of students in the past 30 years...lowest common denominator effect, or "let no child be left behind." When students are pushed further into classes they cannot understand, when the quality of education is such that many students are left in the dark, when parents remain detached from their children and expect teachers to do it all, we have what we now have...a nation of illiterate kids graduating from high school Not all students are illiterate, but you don't have to look further than the questions/answers here to see that many kids cannot spell, cannot write a sentence, and cannot communicate clearly with written words. We have spawned a system where it is NOT cool to be educated, and certainly NOT cool to achieve anything in public schools. NERD is all but a curse word, isn't it? Yet it is the Nerds who inherit the jobs, the salaries, the world. Kids may think it is "cool" to be ignorant, but there comes a day when they must look around and wonder how they were left out ... of everything. IF I were to come home with a bad grade, IF I were to not do my homework, IF I were to mouth off to a teacher, I wouldn't sit for a week. So, to avoid the punishment, I did the work. Isn't it strange today that when a child misbehaves, the parents are up in the face of the teacher with accusations, threats, etc. Is it any wonder that teachers give up trying to educate a bunch of students who have no interest beyond text messaging? Teachers head into the career thinking they will make a difference. It doesn't take long for them to find out they are underpaid baby sitters of out-of-control thugs and brats. Unfortunatly, time has a way of evening things out. Sad to say, but I am glad I do not have to face the daily challenges of gangs, bullies, and "cool" people that students are surrounded by today.
823103
i wouldnt say so...my lil sister went through grades 9 and 10 with barely passing marks.  My parents tried everything to get her to try harder, to get better marks.  Cash, punishment, vacations, you name it.  The teachers at her school finally told her to just try doing government schooling at home (called Distance Learning).  She is now doing much better, she can work at her own pace, and if she really needs help, she can go into the office and get it.  \n\nAgain, it could not be your child, it could be there environment.  And if you child really is trying, its not fair to the kid to punish them for their lack of abilities.
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This is the toughest of the Federal Law requirements to understand and change.\n\nYou cannot deny a child education.  You don't want them to be like Gypsies.  I heard some people were and asked a couple 12 year olds how they were doing in school.  They flat out told me they never went to school.\n\nSo instead of sending them to school with the rest of the kids, I say their parents pay for home schooling by a representative of the state with English as the first requirement.  If you have to use school property, the cost has to be made up somewhere.  Since it's the jobs that attract them, businesses would have to pay at the county level, not the residents.\n\nIf you require that they go to school, then it cannot be illegal to separate kids by language, but a requirement in order to take the school system seriously.\n\nThey get the attention, they get the education, everyone else sufffers.\n\nAs a national language, I see no problem requiring it to get an education.\n\nAleks:  We can see who in the classroom you do your job with to educate children, and who is the hater now?
31139
I agree - I doubt that people who post a question or answer a question proof read what they display. It is a testament to our poor education system. I believe that people do not have shame anymore, otherwise they would be embarrased to  let everyone know they do not have basic reading, spelling and grammatical skills. \n\nWe should be compassionate though and try to teach them in a good way that there is room for them to improve.