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Вашингтонский Пост независимо переоткрыл анекдот "вот на эти три процента и живу":
Said the school board member of his results: “I won’t beat around the bush. The math section had 60 questions. I knew the answers to none of them, but managed to guess 10 out of the 60 correctly. On the reading test, I got 62%. In our system, that’s a ‘D,’ and would get me a mandatory assignment to a double block of reading instruction.

It seems to me something is seriously wrong. I have a bachelor of science degree, two masters degrees, and 15 credit hours toward a doctorate. I help oversee an organization with 22,000 employees and a $3 billion operations and capital budget, and am able to make sense of complex data related to those responsibilities....

В смежных новостях Фред скорбит о 1955 годе. Я -- нет, меня ни в каком виде не устраивает ни школа 1955 года (видимо, я учился именно в такой, как ему нравится), ни 2011-го. Тем не менее, рекомендую: все-таки, Фред.

Date: 2011-12-10 02:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ochame.livejournal.com
>something is seriously wrong. I have a bachelor of science degree, two masters degrees, and 15 credit hours toward a doctorate. I help oversee an organization with 22,000 employees and a $3 billion operations and capital budget

Bwahahah! Niiice.

Date: 2011-12-10 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lolaley.livejournal.com
может, он докторат по физкультуре делает

Date: 2011-12-10 04:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
я думаю, по народному образованию

Date: 2011-12-10 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lolaley.livejournal.com
я бы на его месте не удивлялась :)

Date: 2011-12-10 06:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phyloxena.livejournal.com
Мне особенно нравится требование учителей: чтобы результата тестов не определяли уровня их компетентности.

Date: 2011-12-10 08:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piggymouse.livejournal.com
Там сбоку ссылочка прекрасная: How smart are you? Test yourself with some National Assessment of Education Progress questions. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/test-your-math-skills-on-questions-meant-for-fourth--and-eighth-graders/2011/12/07/gIQAVnHhcO_blog.html)

(47 x 75) ÷ 25 = ?
You can use a calculator.

Впрочем, у меня ощущение, что Иллич был бы не на стороне Фреда.

Date: 2011-12-10 08:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piggymouse.livejournal.com
Господи, в этой статье всё прекрасно!!!!! "How many of the approximately 100,000 school principals in the U.S. would join the revolt if their ethical principles trumped their fears of retribution?" Ethical principles my ass!

Date: 2011-12-10 08:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
Иллич писал прескриптивно, а Фред - дескриптивно.