Public Education in Gilmer County.

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College facts wrote:

U.S. has the best universities in the world.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/unit...

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smartcar wrote:

Don't you think you've made your point in the last couple of dozen discussions? You have valid points. You really do. But you're getting annoying now. Do something about it and stop bitching ALL THE TIME! Actually get from in front of your computer screen and DO SOMETHING. Geeezzzzzzzzz

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Reality wrote:

Government Education is a failure.

From Chula Vista, to Bar Harbor.
From Seattle to Key West.

US public education is 27'th in the world.
Georgia is 47'th in the US.
Gilmer is 92'nd in Georgia.

Don't let educators blame their failure on the Guatemalan kids in our county.

Don't let your children become collateral damage in our school system.

The earliest that an improved system is possible, is AT LEAST 5 years off.
That's assuming that another caring parent would undertake a year's worth of paperwork.

By that time, it will be too late for your children.

You have 3 choices:

1) Homeschooling, time consuming.
2) Private schools, expensive.
3) Move away, to an enlightened school district.

Don't let the public education people who make an attractive living off the taxpayers, sway your moral duties as a parent.

Your kids have only ONE chance for a good education.

You OWE them their shot at a decent life.

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college kid wrote:

I somewhat agree with this. As a product of the Gilmer county school system, I remember experiencing truly crappy educators, but there are many who know what they are talking about. I had a few classmates who, after they failed a test, they would have their parents come in and meet to the teacher so the parents could fuss the teacher out about the grades and why they are bad. It's not all the teachers, look at the parents too!

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Reality wrote:

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Good points.
We certainly have some good teachers.
And the failure is not just here.
Public education is suffering from systemic failure all across the country.
BUT, Gilmer's 2011 HS graduating scores were WORSE in every category over 2010.
For those WORSE results, the BOE rewarded the Superintendent with a 3 year no-cut contract extension.
And the BOE rewarded the teachers with an additional $50 a month subsidy of their health insurance!
Neither of those rewards were justified by performance.
So how can we complain when non-performing students want THEIR rewards by fussing for a higher test result?
The students and parents are learning by the bad example set by the BOE: Reward Failure.
I don't see that there's any interest in actually improving education for the kids.
Instead, they want to play at being big shots, wheeling and dealing losing real-estate ventures, and lighting up $50,000 cigars WHILE our 4,000 kids are getting a third rate education that is getting WORSE.

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College facts wrote:

You have most of your facts straight, but there is one that is totally incorrect. The 50 dollars additional insurance subsidy if inaccurate.

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wow wrote:

According to my paycheck Reality, they only pay $50.

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Reality wrote:

Government Education is a failure.
From Chula Vista, to Bar Harbor.
From Seattle to Key West.
US public education is 27'th in the world.
Georgia is 47'th in the US.
Gilmer is 92'nd in Georgia.
Don't let educators blame their failure on the Guatemalan kids in our county.
Don't let your children become collateral damage in our school system.
The earliest that an improved system is possible, is AT LEAST 5 years off.
That's assuming that another caring parent would undertake a year's worth of paperwork.
By that time, it will be too late for your children.
You have 3 choices:
1) Homeschooling, time consuming.
2) Private schools, expensive.
3) Move away, to an enlightened school district.
Don't let the public education people who make an attractive living off the taxpayers, sway your moral duties as a parent.
Your kids have only ONE chance for a good education.
You OWE them their shot at a decent life.

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Yoy wrote:

Actually, Georgia is now ranked as 7th in the nation according to the updated 2012 standards according to Education Weekly. Google it. Plus, other countries educate only the elite, meaning wealthy or only the ones smart enough to pass a certain test once they reach a certain age. We educate everyone. That's why our country's literacy rate is 99% and our standard of living is exceptionally high. I know all of this because I do proper research before i post on a public forum and insult people unjustly.

Yoy wrote:

Thanks and I'm going back to my desk to work on lesson plans for the upcoming school year here in Ellijay.

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Facts wrote:

Just because you don't agree with the information, or it doesn't meet your specs, does not make it invalid information. The Teacher did not deceive anyone when when he/she stated that Georgia was ranked 7th here is the link.

http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/0...

Reality wrote:

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Here's your problem:
Teachers are accustomed to using their authority to bully and cajole the children into believing whatever self-serving nonsense they wish. Amongst children, teachers do not need to be CREDIBLE. They just have to be "The Boss".(I went for years believing that Magellan was the first circumnavigator).
But out here in the real world, their position has to be PLAUSIBLE, and backed up by CREDIBLE evidence.
Your AJC link is a story about a self-serving ranking done by Education Week, a trade magazine for public school teachers. The 7'th place ranking story was endorsed by Kathy Cox, the Georgia BOE Superintendent who presided over the biggest education cheating and fraud scandal in US history. An INSECT could figure out how Georgia jumped 40 places in ranking in a bogus survey. Cheating on the scores by the teachers.
My link proving Georgia's 47'th place ranking, was an independent national survey.
Teachers have no concept of requiring CREDIBILIY in their arguments.
The issue of national, state and district rankings is settled beyond any doubt.
The US sucks.
Georgia sucks.
And Gilmer sucks.
If you were smarter, you'd see that the rankings now provide the bait to allow teachers to display their integrity.
Blaming it all on the little LEPers doesn't help.

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(I went for years believing that Magellan was the first circumnavigator).

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Facts wrote:

Yes it was endorsed by Kathy Cox, and every other state BOE person in the nation, but the fact is that it is still a national ranking that has Georgia 7th. It is not something that Georgia put together to somehow show them as 7th, it was national, so it is still a valid ranking, no bias for Georgia.