How screwed up is this?

My wife is a 5th grade teacher. There is a rule that says she CAN NOT post a grade lower than a 60! These kids can REFUSE to do their homework and they still get a damn 60! Why? Because a 60 average is easier to bring up than a 0! What the hell are they teaching these kids???? What good is that???

Thank you school administrators! 😮

Lee

Lee (MN) wrote: Thank you school administrators! 😮 Lee

Yep, this how liberal democrat's play.

agree with all said above...values are not values any more...or we do not value them that should be valued...

Tyler, THANK your wife for having the fortitude to be a teacher in our government schools. There is no way I could do it, I would be in jail for either assault or murder, maybe both. This is all part of dumbing down of our kids so the government can better control them, they don't want to teach the kids to think for themselves or take responsibility for their actions. No homework they should get a flat zero not a 60 to make the statistics look good and not hurt little Johnny's feelings.

rented a house one time to a gal that had had 6 kids, only had 2 last ones when I had her

It seems as if everything has to be “Dumbed Down” for almost anything these days.

The problem with everyone being the same is we hinder the achievers. Why should I work hard when the guy at the bottom gets the same as the guy at the top. We need to start rewarding the achievers and maybe it will stimulate the bottom people to want to become the one at the top. When they get into real life no one is going to protect them anymore.

At my employer, we have record setting sales, we have income, we are hiring.....you do need 1/2 a brain.

Edited by Tbone95 - 27 Sep 2018 at 9:21am

Tbone95 wrote: Kids yes, the 20-40 year olds already through the system that are left to fill jobs we need right now aren’t worth a crap for the most part.

Easy Tbone I resemble that group

I spent 10 years at a company similar to the one you described. When I first started the CEO would come out and shake your hand and talk to you like anybody else. He was an average Joe. Then they replaced him with a numbers guy. He'd still go around and talk to folks when he had time but he wasn't a people person and didn't care what environment the employees were in as long as they made the numbers. When I first started if you had a felony you didn't work there. If you had a DUI in the last 5 years you didn't work there. They dropped the DUI thing not long after I started. As the environment got worse, so did the new hires. Last I heard if you fail a drug test you have to sign a waiver releasing the company from any responsibility for your personal safety. You get to fail 2 more before you're fired. And we're talking about a very heavy industrial company. They make aluminum extrusions for airplanes. Some of which weigh 25 or so lbs/ft and are up to 100 ft long

Edited by thendrix - 27 Sep 2018 at 12:04pm

thendrix wrote: Tbone95 wrote: Kids yes, the 20-40 year olds already through the system that are left to fill jobs we need right now aren’t worth a crap for the most part. Easy Tbone I resemble that group I spent 10 years at a company similar to the one you described. When I first started the CEO would come out and shake your hand and talk to you like anybody else. He was an average Joe. Then they replaced him with a numbers guy. He'd still go around and talk to folks when he had time but he wasn't a people person and didn't care what environment the employees were in as long as they made the numbers. When I first started if you had a felony you didn't work there. If you had a DUI in the last 5 years you didn't work there. They dropped the DUI thing not long after I started. As the environment got worse, so did the new hires. Last I heard if you fail a drug test you have to sign a waiver releasing the company from any responsibility for your personal safety. You get to fail 2 more before you're fired. And we're talking about a very heavy industrial company. They make aluminum extrusions for airplanes. Some of which weigh 25 or so lbs/ft and are up to 100 ft long

Tbone95 wrote: thendrix wrote: Tbone95 wrote: Kids yes, the 20-40 year olds already through the system that are left to fill jobs we need right now aren’t worth a crap for the most part. Easy Tbone I resemble that group I spent 10 years at a company similar to the one you described. When I first started the CEO would come out and shake your hand and talk to you like anybody else. He was an average Joe. Then they replaced him with a numbers guy. He'd still go around and talk to folks when he had time but he wasn't a people person and didn't care what environment the employees were in as long as they made the numbers. When I first started if you had a felony you didn't work there. If you had a DUI in the last 5 years you didn't work there. They dropped the DUI thing not long after I started. As the environment got worse, so did the new hires. Last I heard if you fail a drug test you have to sign a waiver releasing the company from any responsibility for your personal safety. You get to fail 2 more before you're fired. And we're talking about a very heavy industrial company. They make aluminum extrusions for airplanes. Some of which weigh 25 or so lbs/ft and are up to 100 ft long I guess I need to clarify a little better, I'm talking about those folks still looking for a job at that age, not those such as yourself that have been working and doing well at it.  I'm talking about finding people to fill jobs, there isn't much out there to choose from.  The good ones are already working, nothing left.

I'm just picking at you Tbone. I agree with you completely. You can't hardly find those "good old boys" that'll do what's asked of them without question or complaint. Now they all want to know what's in it for them

Edited by thendrix - 27 Sep 2018 at 4:11pm

dang....I wish it was like that when I was going to school! LOL