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    Quote Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus View Post
    On the contrary, that are very wise, if unpopular legislation. I do not cannot revive any memory of Obama holding school on weekends, but yes, he does wish longer hours and short summer school. If you may have perhaps taken note, the US is slipping in education. And by slipping, I mean US is falling behind many Third World nations in factors such as test scores and literacy. Hell, more than half of the doctorates in US are held by foreigners. Bleak times. US has rather brief school-times in comparison.

    But the longer school hours is debatable... There are many factors here. What is not, however, debatable, is that summer break must be diminished in length. I forget practically all my maths during the summer. That is merely the main factor. Summers are detrimental to learning, and much time is squandered on simply the re-assertion of data students lost. Summers are indeed a relic of older, agricultural times and they are anachronistic in today's urbanised America. I hate to say this, but you are merely conveying an impression to me of a student who dislikes those policies simply because they will require you to work and study more... Please show me how I am incorrect to deduce thusly.
    do you know why grades are slipping? gangs, drugs, alcohol, no punishments for not handing in work. i have met dozens of people just in my classes in the last 2 years that will never get anywhere because they dont give a damn. people like them bring grades down alot.

    summer vacation does not bring grades down.

    if he wants to shorten summer vacation, why not add the same amount of time to the winter vacation? 2 2-month long breaks during the year. then right as you start to get bored.....school!


    If I had a nickel for every time you said "I find this offensive. I am a Jew"...

    name 2 times.

    and you seem to be making "Jew" into a group of like political, not religious, beliefs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
    do you know why grades are slipping? gangs, drugs, alcohol, no punishments for not handing in work. i have met dozens of people just in my classes in the last 2 years that will never get anywhere because they dont give a damn. people like them bring grades down alot.
    Of course, every factor counts. For instance, it is my opinion that the rampant anti-intelectualism as well as the harmful American popular culture discourages learning, as it is "for wimpy nerds". There is no longer that respect for science in this nation. No too long ago, the front page of NY Times featured "Intelligent Design- a politically savvy challenge to evolution". No serious scientist supports the ID, a new name for more radical creationism. Popular pundits argue for it. And "politically savvy challenge to evolution" makes as much sense as "sociologically astute inquiry upon Big Bang Theory". Yet the close to 60% of Americans in recent polls seem to have abandoned evolution because their preacher commands more respect than a "snobby, elitist" scientist. But that is an another topic - start a new thread if you wish.

    Whatever it may be, drugs, gangs, alcohol are problems that plague every other state in the world, in no lesser but usually larger degree than US. C'mon - it is simple, elementary logic working here: "Our school-marks are below other nations - let us examine how we are different from those other nations then". Studies have shown that increases in school time and decreases in summer vacations raised grades. Why are we even debating this?? Studying more helps you learn more and become more proficient in the certain topic. How can summer school possibly be detrimental? All the American kids need to do is lift their lazy rumps off their X-boxes, plasma TVs, and computer chairs and study more. I went to summer school this year and I am still alive. There is nothing horrific about it.

    Now, this increasing school time will not work miracles - you are absolutely correct that "some people do not give a damn", but it will raise grades nevertheless to a certain degree.

    I am certain the Obama Administration is more informed on the causes of such problems than the two of us... This is by no means a simple issue. Statistics and longitudinal studies are one of the keys. We do not operate such data. Neither is Obama an evil monster attempting to destroy America - he is doing his best on the contrary.

    Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
    summer vacation does not bring grades down.
    I am certain you would know that. And convince me with just a one sentence, without providing any evidence...

    Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
    if he wants to shorten summer vacation, why not add the same amount of time to the winter vacation? 2 2-month long breaks during the year. then right as you start to get bored.....school!
    I am sorry, are you actually serious? Do you believe in the usefulness of this suggestion?





    Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
    name 2 times.
    What about that thread in the EB forum when you said you were offended by the statement by a mere mention of SS as an "elite force"? Words leave me when I consider how that can possibly be interpreted as offensive. Does the mere mention of "charismatic Hitler" offend you as well? You bet your rear-end SS was elite, ask the Ruskies, Limeys, Canucks, Amis, and Frogs who fought them - or see the graves that the SS was responsibly for. Or their often revolutionary equipment, such as mottled uniforms - first mass use of realistic camouflage in history of modern warfare; or the Tiger and Panther tanks they had; or the StG 44, the world's first mass-produced assault rifle. They were an elite, and no one cares what your or my opinion on them is. You cannot simply revise and silence history. Especially not on these forums.

    Similarly Hitler was charismatic, otherwise how did he get the Germans to like him so much, and not some other politician from a major, established, and well-funded party??

    Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
    and you seem to be making "Jew" into a group of like political, not religious, beliefs.
    But it is. It is a political and an ethnic group. There is Judaism the religion, and then the Jews the ethnicity. You do not think Hitler hated a religion, do you? No, he hated the Jewish folk, the ethnic Jewish folk, and then their religion, due to the association factor.

    Jews are very much a political group. Did you not read Strike's post? The Jewish Lobby is one of the most powerful lobbying organisations in US. American, and all Jewry in general is a very talented and prominent minority which has produced innumerable scientists, artists, writers, politicians, businessmen - the list goes on and on. Those people are prominent individuals, with wealth aplenty, and they would be fools not to take advantage of their status to advance their interests. Especially when everyone else is doing so...

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