Comments on: High school scheduling – an exercise in frustration! http://blogs.litfan.com/archives/558 Battling bad books, bad yarn, the US Postal Service, and other absurdities Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Batty http://blogs.litfan.com/archives/558/comment-page-1#comment-1596 Batty Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:47:59 +0000 http://blogs.litfan.com/?p=558#comment-1596 It is frustrating. But requirements are just that -- required -- and all we can do is take a deep breath and make the best of it. It's annoying, but that's how it is. It is frustrating. But requirements are just that — required — and all we can do is take a deep breath and make the best of it. It’s annoying, but that’s how it is.

]]> By: Angeluna http://blogs.litfan.com/archives/558/comment-page-1#comment-1586 Angeluna Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:05:36 +0000 http://blogs.litfan.com/?p=558#comment-1586 Oh dear, methinks we have an over-achiever. I couldn't agree with you more. There should be a way to test kids out on different subjects in which they are proficient. Simple really. Way back in the olden days, I was put into the advanced classes. The geniuses in charge thought the smart kids would get in trouble if things were too easy for them, so they just doubled up on the homework at the same level for the most part. How counter-productive could you be? Science and math were usually taught by the coach, and this was in the top school in the state. After a couple of years of that nonsense, I dropped out of school and demanded to test out of the last two years for a diploma. But that option wasn't available until I quit. Does that make any sense at all? It was sooo boring I couldn't stand it. BTW, I didn't take Latin and later regretted it. It would have come in handy with two or three of the languages I learned later. Oh dear, methinks we have an over-achiever. I couldn’t agree with you more. There should be a way to test kids out on different subjects in which they are proficient. Simple really.

Way back in the olden days, I was put into the advanced classes. The geniuses in charge thought the smart kids would get in trouble if things were too easy for them, so they just doubled up on the homework at the same level for the most part. How counter-productive could you be? Science and math were usually taught by the coach, and this was in the top school in the state. After a couple of years of that nonsense, I dropped out of school and demanded to test out of the last two years for a diploma. But that option wasn’t available until I quit. Does that make any sense at all? It was sooo boring I couldn’t stand it.

BTW, I didn’t take Latin and later regretted it. It would have come in handy with two or three of the languages I learned later.

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