I'm normally for consolidation but in this case due to the size of the town geographically it would make some kids trips to school extremely long. It's just not that practical in this case.
my dad told me in a time long long ago in a place oh so dear
he used to walk up hill both ways - and it is up hill both ways in the cold, wind, snow, rain, tornado, and sun from greenpoint ave to draper school and then hand weed the family garden
and his generation learned to control of the atom and went to the moon
it is not a hotel - they don't need amenities - pools, video conference, lit football/baseball fields, tracks
they need to teach k-8 students to read - understand write - spell math - +-*/ reason and respect of others
an ipad, laptop, projector, 80" monitor, cell phone, calculator - all the tech sh!t in the world or $$$$$$$$ wont fix this issue
everyone is looking for the golden ticket or short cut to avoid acquiring basic skills
students should have to earn their amenities by showing basic knowledge and skills at the end of 8th grade
I was addressing the barbaric claim of another poster. Modern amenities do not make teachers better educators but they are tools that assist and supplement and may make school more interesting. The sports and entertainment amenities are in place to give the kids something to do. Rotterdam (not a democratic or a republican problem) isn't exactly the mecca of things for teenagers to do. Even back in my time. I'm all for doing anything which gives more quality of life to kids on campus.
Things that I was taught at Mohonasen allowed me to not have to take any prep classes and breeze through my required courses at college. 20 years after graduating high school!!!! I still am in contact with parents who have kids going to Mohonasen. The core curriculum isn't something that you need to concern yourself with.
when you have kids that go to a community college and find out they are recommended to take pre-requisite courses(of which they can say no to) to help them keep up because they didn't ace the entrance test, then something smells somewhere,
is it the testing extortion poor preparation square pegs vs round pegs social engineering
it certainly can't be the amenities at the public school....
remember planet of the apes when they offered the apes the banana and Zera built the stairs to reach the banana, just like the scientists wanted her to do. they wondered why she didn't eat the banana after building and climbing the stairs. Her answer, "I loathe bananas."
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
when you have kids that go to a community college and find out they are recommended to take pre-requisite courses(of which they can say no to) to help them keep up because they didn't ace the entrance test, then something smells somewhere,
is it the testing extortion poor preparation square pegs vs round pegs social engineering
it certainly can't be the amenities at the public school....
remember planet of the apes when they offered the apes the banana and Zera built the stairs to reach the banana, just like the scientists wanted her to do. they wondered why she didn't eat the banana after building and climbing the stairs. Her answer, "I loathe bananas."
There is a certain percentage of kids from every prep school, even the so-called elite that republicans make big deals about how much they spend on tuition, that fail entrance exams. Try another approach senders. Mohonasen doesn't fudge the numbers. Mohonasen expects much from their students. I would go as far and say the standards of some of the courses I took at Mohonasen were higher than those I took at University. Sounds like you have a personal issue. Did one of our sports teams embarrass your high school? Did our "Answers Please" team (something that Mohonasen students excelled at) embarrass yours?
There is a certain percentage of kids from every prep school, even the so-called elite that republicans make big deals about how much they spend on tuition, that fail entrance exams. Try another approach senders. Mohonasen doesn't fudge the numbers. Mohonasen expects much from their students. I would go as far and say the standards of some of the courses I took at Mohonasen were higher than those I took at University. Sounds like you have a personal issue. Did one of our sports teams embarrass your high school? Did our "Answers Please" team (something that Mohonasen students excelled at) embarrass yours?
apparently your mind just focused on mohon....I wasn't just referring to mohon....it was general statement...not a personal issue at all....
BIGGER PICTURE,,,,,
systemic issue......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
apparently your mind just focused on mohon....I wasn't just referring to mohon....it was general statement...not a personal issue at all....
BIGGER PICTURE,,,,,
systemic issue......
Nice deflect job senders. Let's make a deal. Starting with this post. I'll no longer respond to you and you will no longer respond to me. That means if I post something, including this post, you shut your piehole.
. Mohonasen doesn't fudge the numbers. Mohonasen expects much from their students.
Guess you are not in Omaha if you know so much about the current finances and such of Mohon
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
I never heard of any real problems with Mohonasen and the way they teach, the teachers there were great and would take the time to help out in any way shape or form. I have some relatives who moved to the area just to get their kid in there and away from Schenectady schools.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Mohonasen isn't bad, it could use some improvement, as could all schools, like senders says, just not the 'improvement' being pushed by government lately. Anyway, "Omaha" went to MP, so senders shouldn't bother responding to his absurd statements. People who take their kids out of Schenectady schools aren't getting something better as far as schooling, they are leaving behind some bad things that interfere with schooling. Such as, there are kids from low-income families attending Mohon, but their parents don't drive them up to the school to get in fights.
I have some relatives who moved to the area just to get their kid in there and away from Schenectady schools.
First.......any school is better than the city school system!!
Second.....all public schools are nothing more than government institutions that are used to create 'like minded', 'good solder' adults. They are expected to 'all be the same'....economically, socially and academically. Only the chosen 1% do NOT receive the same education!! And those 1% are the multi-million dollar corporate owners and your high government officials. They are groomed from birth! Every country does it.....so does this one.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
It depends on what you mean by "better", bt. There are still kids graduating from Schenectady from academic programs that would not be available to them at some of the "better" schools people move their kids to. Honest. I don't blame people for not wanting violence, and high costs without overall high results, but if you took the student body from MP, all together, and put them all in a school in the Mohonasen district, do you really believe they would improve? We still have immigrant kids doing pretty well in the very same "bad" schools.
True....but remember.....these kids are only getting what the government dictates wants them to get out of it! The government is already creating the next generation via the government school system. And only the 'select few' will go to schools that teach entirely different than those for the rest of society. There are select schools and select teachers and a select curriculum that are 'king/queen' makers.....aka bankers, corporate ceo's, government officials....etc.
there is no level playing field....it's all created by design.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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