I think today I shall talk about my lovely wife Holly. She has been
encouraging me from the start. She is as busy as I am. First she is
getting her master's degree so she is writing papers and studying for
tests. Then her teaching job gets really hectic this time of year. She
basically spends a majority of her time all year round teaching her
5th graders how to take one taks test for science. This test
determines her salary and how much money her school gets for the year.
Now my Republican mind is: sounds good. But when you get to the
details you realize how wrong it is. This test is 40 multiple choice
questions. That is so unfair. If it was 500 questions I might say,
yeah that may be an accurate representation of what the kids have
learned. Instead our teachers and children's futures are based off of
only 40 questions. I also don't think teachers should be judged based
on one test. How about the actual grades the kids get? Anyways Holly
is a great teacher, one of the best. Yet the system doesn't make her
feel that way. Holly is awesome...<smooch>