http://www.astronomybuff.com/why-im-...nce-next-year/
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Getting that C- consistently really took a toll on him, he couldn’t understand what was going on. He really knows his stuff and always scored well on tests.
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Naturally, I talked to the teacher to investigate.
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It turns out my son IS a good student, DID understand the material and WAS way ahead of the other students in his comprehension of the material.
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BUT, he couldn’t organize his science notebook.
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“I’m sorry, he can’t organize what?”, I asked.
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“His science notebook. He failed the notebook checks. They were worth 100 points each, almost 80 percent of his grade.”, the science teacher calmly explained with a huge smirk on her face.
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A good read, but sadly typical. I've said it before and I will say it again: No child of mine will ever be fed to the public "school" system. All of you people who get so bent out of shape about some school district somewhere not teaching evolution or wanting to teach ID are missing the forest for a pine needle.