So Dude went to school in New York....

[NOVA]

one of the 80% no doubt.......Mr. GED himself.

Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system.

The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.

When they graduated from city high schools, students in a special remedial program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College couldn’t make the grade.

They had to re-learn basic skills — reading, writing and math — first before they could begin college courses.

They are part of a disturbing statistic.

Officials told CBS 2′s Kramer that nearly 80 percent of those who graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level work.

In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools needed remedial courses to re-learn the basics.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03...recent-nyc-high-school-graduates-cannot-read/

 

[I'm Watermark]

one of the 80% no doubt.......Mr. GED himself.

Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system.

The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.

When they graduated from city high schools, students in a special remedial program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College couldn’t make the grade.

They had to re-learn basic skills — reading, writing and math — first before they could begin college courses.

They are part of a disturbing statistic.

Officials told CBS 2′s Kramer that nearly 80 percent of those who graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level work.

In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools needed remedial courses to re-learn the basics.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03...recent-nyc-high-school-graduates-cannot-read/

There's an easy solution for this: Hyper-localization. Take the state and private sector out of education, and allow parents and communities to give their children the education they deserve.

 

[Lowaicue]

one of the 80% no doubt.......Mr. GED himself.

Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system.

The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.

When they graduated from city high schools, students in a special remedial program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College couldn’t make the grade.

They had to re-learn basic skills — reading, writing and math — first before they could begin college courses.

They are part of a disturbing statistic.

Officials told CBS 2′s Kramer that nearly 80 percent of those who graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level work.

In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools needed remedial courses to re-learn the basics.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03...recent-nyc-high-school-graduates-cannot-read/

I would give little or no credence to anyone who described a child as being 'behind the 8 ball' the Engish language is quite sufficient to describe all circumstances concerning a child without such ignorant and stupid indirect allusions.

 

[cawacko]

one of the 80% no doubt.......Mr. GED himself.

Nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before they can enter the City University’s community college system.

The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.

When they graduated from city high schools, students in a special remedial program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College couldn’t make the grade.

They had to re-learn basic skills — reading, writing and math — first before they could begin college courses.

They are part of a disturbing statistic.

Officials told CBS 2′s Kramer that nearly 80 percent of those who graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level work.

In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools needed remedial courses to re-learn the basics.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03...recent-nyc-high-school-graduates-cannot-read/

At least for me I read those numbers and think that can't possibly be true. It is hard to fathom yet it is actual reality. It's disheartening.

 

[NOVA]

Maybe we need to be more like LowerIQ and pRune and just whine about the phrase 'behind the eight ball' and ignore the essence of the problem talked about.

Idiots, both these two and the 80 percent.

 

[Lowaicue]

Maybe we need to be more like LowerIQ and pRune and just whine about the phrase 'behind the eight ball' and ignore the essence of the problem talked about.

Idiots, both these two and the 80 percent.

If someone says something stupid and is in a position of responsibility and wishes to sound credible about the English language, he or she should not include terms which are at best idiomatic or colloquial and, at worst, slang.
So whoever wrote this, be it an educator or time served journalist, they can not seriously complain if what they say is not given the credibility they think it deserves.
Not going too fast for you, am I?

 

[NOVA]

If someone says something stupid and is in a position of responsibility and wishes to sound credible about the English language, he or she should not include terms which are at best idiomatic or colloquial and, at worst, slang.
So whoever wrote this, be it an educator or time served journalist, they can not seriously complain if what they say is not given the credibility they think it deserves.
Not going too fast for you, am I?

I'd say, when it comes to portraying intelligence, sonny....you're a little behind the eight-ball too....or maybe you would rather say "in a sticky wicket"

 

[USFREEDOM911]

I'd say, when it comes to portraying intelligence, sonny....you're a little behind the eight-ball too....or maybe you would rather say "in a sticky wicket"

He's just another Brit who desires to live in the past, when it was Great Britain; instead of the Late Great Britain.

 

[Lowaicue]

I'd say, when it comes to portraying intelligence, sonny....you're a little behind the eight-ball too....or maybe you would rather say "in a sticky wicket"

Incorrect use of the idiom 'a sticky wicket'.