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Nov. 1st, 2004 01:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingSchool boards contemplating sueing US Government because 31% of American schools are failing No Child Left Behind standards on reading and math.
I'm conflicted. On one side, a great many students who can't read or do basic math are lazy, and have deliberately made themselves that way because it gave them more free time and they knew they would be passed anyway to avoid "damaging their self-esteem" by making them learn or stay behind. On the other hand, the teachers *do* have a point about ESL students being forced to take standardised tests in a language that they don't speak because they haven't had the opportunity to learn it.
I'm conflicted. On one side, a great many students who can't read or do basic math are lazy, and have deliberately made themselves that way because it gave them more free time and they knew they would be passed anyway to avoid "damaging their self-esteem" by making them learn or stay behind. On the other hand, the teachers *do* have a point about ESL students being forced to take standardised tests in a language that they don't speak because they haven't had the opportunity to learn it.