Wednesday, July 20, 2011
THE MEME, THE MEME
You know the one. Our kids education is in the shitter and going down the pipe fast.
Here is the latest.
Geography Report Card Finds Students Lagging
But when you read this you find that is not the case in certain grades. And some stayed the same since last time.
The other thing is the body of questions.
Geography 2010: Sample Questions
Step right up. Give it a try. What about those maps right there on the first page. Answer is A, right?
No.
I got all but one question correct. I didn't get the idea behind the Great Lakes water/air thing.
So, I didn't lose much over the years.
There is an impression that these are more difficult than I had to work with. But I still got the answers. All but one.
This all proves nothing. But we are not in a crisis.
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