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Biophilic

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5. I agree that our educational system is totally screwed up. However, demanding that

Thu May 27, 2021, 09:17 PM

May 2021

students do such and such by grade whatever and such and such by the next grade is not helping. Where did we go so wrong on education? Yes, I'm not the ordinary student, but I'm a good example of how the un-ordinary student can be punished. If I was going through the system today I would be held back, shamed, and deemed low intelligence. I'm not, obviously. When they were still taking IQs I had one in the mid 130s. But there are lots and lots of youngsters out there in the same boat. I don't have clue how to change the system as it has grown. I just know that it is not supportive of anyone not in the middle of the bell curve.

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Gov. Whitmer against expanding Michigan's read-or-flunk law to 4th-graders [View all] TexasTowelie May 2021 OP

Fourth graders really should be able to read. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #1

I think in the long run being able to read makes life so much easier for students jimfields33 May 2021 #2

I didn't learn to read until the summer before my 7th grade. Biophilic May 2021 #3

It isn't fair to the students either if they just keep getting promoted to the next grade anyway MichMan May 2021 #4

I agree that our educational system is totally screwed up. However, demanding that Biophilic May 2021 #5