An 8th Grader Writes a Test Question: Hilarious!

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1. akismet-2985ed11a03ffe40acdfabd7f1ead152 says:

   April 16, 2013 at 9:21 am

   Eighth graders aren’t paid ridiculous sums of money to make public fools of themselves.

   Thank you Dr. Ravitch. I read all your posts every day. Better informed now than most people I know about education and with a unified approach to that perspective. Go ahead, test me on the silliness (and destructiveness) that passes for education here. Corporations saw decades ago that there was a gold mine in all that tax money in public education. Vulture capitalism, indeed.

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   • Stacy says:

     April 18, 2013 at 8:12 pm

     As an educator, I am here for my students’ education. I want to know that each student will be successful in his/her life as an adult. Tests do not determine that! Education determines how far an individual will travel through the stages of successful job opportunities. Tax money should be better spent on how we educate our children, but never say that we should quit investing in education.

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2. Joanna Best says:

   April 16, 2013 at 9:26 am

   Brava! That is hilarious. Good work. This renews my faith that answers are just around the corner. I guess we have to go through batting down the cobwebs and swatting the flies before we can really roll up our sleeves and fix all that has happened in the wake of “reform.” This girl is helping clear the way. . .

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3. Rachel says:

   April 16, 2013 at 9:37 am

   Please tell me that someone, somewhere, is completely losing their poo over her “violation of test security.” Because now the students will know what the tests look like, which is totally a violation of security, or copyright, or gravity, or something…

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   • Duane Swacker says:

     April 16, 2013 at 10:06 am

     I think its the “something”!!!

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4. tuppercooks says:

   April 16, 2013 at 9:47 am

   Genius!

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5. WordsMatter says:

   April 16, 2013 at 10:10 am

   Send it to Washington. Send it to Albany. I love it!

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6. jmarcher says:

   April 16, 2013 at 11:27 am

   A+

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7. Jennifer Baker says:

   April 16, 2013 at 7:16 pm

   That’s why I love 8th graders! They are wicked smart and honest at that age! Good on this student!

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8. (Ms) Chris Gordon Owen says:

   April 16, 2013 at 9:26 pm

   I concur: it’s fabulous, it’s funny, & it’s to make me tear my hair out – except that there are some other people whose hair I’d rather tear out, if I thought it would bring them to their senses. Instead, they’re probably persuading themselves that it’s their great “reforms” that have allowed this 8th-grader to be so smart.

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9. laMissy says:

   April 17, 2013 at 9:39 pm

   Why are students so much wiser than state education officials?

   Cause we – public, unionized, demonized teachers taught ’em well!

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