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>I am sick of this test causing undue stress on our >kids.our daughter is a fifth grader who does struggle >according to what they say she is supposed to know, to >me she is a typical fifth grader. I can not believe >some of the crap she has to know. she is supposed to >know stuff that i haven't needed to know in my first >forty years and i'm sure i won't need to know in my >next forty. have any of you seen the study material? >my daughter is in summer school now and some of the >homework material she has is absolutely ridiculous. >the reading material, much of it doesn't make any >sense and is confusing to most adults that have seen >it. the math is being forced down their throats, how >are they (the ones that do struggle) going to get it? >especialy if they have trouble with reading >comprehension and a great deal of the math is word >problems, which most of us hate anyway as adults. the >5th math has stuff on it that my 8th grader says they >haven't done yet. Kathy Cox and the rest of her squad >think its no big deal to go to summer school, Because >of her raisng the standards, it is costing every tax >payer in georgia to send these kids to summer school. >i could go on and on and it probably won't do any >good, so i'll get to my question. has anyone ever put >together a petition to throw out the crct requirements >for 3,5 and 8th graders? anyone have kathy cox's fax >number and bombard her with thousands of faxes, mail >or emails.
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