Comments on: Sunday Reading http://www.blisstree.com/articles/sunday-reading-19-119/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kathy Sena http://www.blisstree.com/articles/sunday-reading-19-119/comment-page-1/#comment-79138 Kathy Sena Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:17:24 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/sunday-reading-19/#comment-79138 Hey, thanks for the link to my post on preventing summer brain drain! Much appreciated. Great to see folks stopping by. I love your blog and will add it to my blog roll on Parent Talk Today. Cheers! Hey, thanks for the link to my post on preventing summer brain drain! Much appreciated. Great to see folks stopping by. I love your blog and will add it to my blog roll on Parent Talk Today.

Cheers!

]]> By: Christine's Mom http://www.blisstree.com/articles/sunday-reading-19-119/comment-page-1/#comment-78087 Christine's Mom Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:05:14 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/sunday-reading-19/#comment-78087 I don't understand the UC reasoning for college admissions: "A lot of excellent kids are eliminated from consideration on trifling grounds." ?!? It is now "trifling" grounds to be unable to acheive a decent score on a standardized exam, but more "equitable" to class rankings?!?! So, a student who places high at a crap school is more eligible for college than one who places in the middle of an extremely tough school? Class ranking is totally arbitrary - it is all dependent on the standards of the school, which is, sad to say, not consistent from school to school, state to state, private vs. public, etc. And, what about home schooled kids - they are are always at the top of their "class"!! I guess I just don't get it! Apparently logic isn't a required subject anymore... I don’t understand the UC reasoning for college admissions: “A lot of excellent kids are eliminated from consideration on trifling grounds.” ?!?

It is now “trifling” grounds to be unable to acheive a decent score on a standardized exam, but more “equitable” to class rankings?!?! So, a student who places high at a crap school is more eligible for college than one who places in the middle of an extremely tough school? Class ranking is totally arbitrary – it is all dependent on the standards of the school, which is, sad to say, not consistent from school to school, state to state, private vs. public, etc.

And, what about home schooled kids – they are are always at the top of their “class”!!

I guess I just don’t get it! Apparently logic isn’t a required subject anymore…

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