80% Of NYC High School Grads Can't Read

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) It's an education bombshell.

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...help-before-entering-cuny-community-colleges/

 

[nutmeg]

If there are three apples on the table and Jamal takes two apples,

What color is Jamal?

 

[LEAPup]

Gotta love those teacher's unions.

 

[Lucrum]

Federal Dept of ED, teachers unions and incompetent school boards.

 

[Max E.]

Its too bad that none of these school shootings ever happen when the studentrs have the day off, for a teachers meeting.

 

[RCG Trader]

Quote from nutmeg:

If there are three apples on the table and Jamal takes two apples,

What color is Jamal?

You must be from the confederacy.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/geor...t-featuring-questions-about-slavery-beatings/

 

[LEAPup]

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Federal Dept of ED, teachers unions and incompetent school boards.

Yes, good point. The FEDERAL dept of education... The federal govt would fu*k up a soup sandwich. Look how they've "helped" educate kids in America today. I just hope the Chinese don't eat my dogs when they take over America.

 

[pspr]

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Yes, good point. The FEDERAL dept of education... The federal govt would fu*k up a soup sandwich.

They did that. They sent Me-Chelle around to screw up school lunches so the kids won't graduate with big fat asses like her. Instead, let's stunt their growth. Maybe just smoke a joint during lunch to spike those IQ's.

 

[RCG Trader]

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They did that. They sent Me-Chelle around to screw up school lunches so the kids won't graduate with big fat asses like her. Instead, let's stunt their growth. Maybe just smoke a joint during lunch to spike those IQ's.

Uh-huh

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Liberals everywhere are acclimating themselves to the fact that Obama is toast and Romney is going to be the next President.

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We should start a poll on how IQ-47 is going to end it when Romney wins.

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I think AK may be right.
When Obama doesn't even get 200 electoral votes it's going to look like unskewedpolls.com was wrong saying he will get 217.

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Hopefully, President Romney and Republicans in the House and Senate will have replaced the law with something realistic by then or soon after.

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My personal feeling is that they will NOT uphold the insurance mandate in ObamaCare

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In saying "run out of office"I mean that he (Obama) won't be able to get on the ballot for a second term.

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I suspect the same thing will happen when a party doesn't show up to any civil case. The other party wins and Obama will not be on the Georgia ballot in November.

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I just see catastrophe if he (Obama)is re-elected and I don't think God will allow nationwide catastrophe to happen to the U.S. So, I have always had faith that he will not be in office in 2013.

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If you can remember your history, the election after Speaker Gingrich shut down the government saw the election of President George Bush

Clinton won the election after the shutdown

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Regardless, it will be interesting to see if the judge decides to keep Obama off the ballot. I don't see how he can rule any other way.

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I'm still waiting for Obama's October surprise but the pollsters may be doing the democrat oversampling on purpose so his supporters don't see how bad he's really doing and don't pressure him to make something happen.

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The race hasn't even started yet. As mentioned in the analysis, "these polls will change". Other polls show just the opposite so it's better for people, at this stage, to be concerned you are behind than to get too confident in April.

Besides, we have all these and other shockers to come:

The Holder Contempt Trial
The Occupy Riots
The Black Riots
The Obama Historical Movie
More BC Revelations
The Summer Economic Slump
Possible Stubbornly High Gas Prices
Possible Stumbles in The Debates (Obama doesn't do good without a teleprompter)
Possible Inflation taking hold
October Surprises

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This is just sad.

I'm hoping "Fast And Furious" will turn out to be Obama's "Watergate". If we can get him out of the White House Biden will be inept and won't do more damage. Obama has more damage planned for the economy if he stays for another 18 months.

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I think they (Arabs, Palestinians and Obama) are trying to box Israel into a corner. Of course the Arabs would just love for Israel to defend itself and have the U.S. on the other side. This could be Obama's Watergate (or Waterloo).

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At least until we get to the October Marshall Law event. I've noticed even the Weather Service and the Social Security Administration are ordering tens of thousands of hollow point pistol rounds and the military has written a manual on dealing with civil disobedience.

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Then there is the October surprise. Israel attack on Iran, Obama military action somewhere, Obama push at civil disobedience, polling intimidation, etc. I don't know what, but if Obama is behind Romney in Ocotober he is going to do something shocking.

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I'm still waiting to see what the Obama manufactured event/crisis is going to be that supposedly will unite the country behind him in October. A failed (staged) assassination attempt would probably do it.

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Could this be how Obama tries to rally the country behind him before election day?

Possibility 1)
Picture the next and final debate on foreign policy. Midway through the debate a uniformed Army Officer walks out on the stage and whispers something in the President's ear. Moments later Obama announces to the nation that he is going to suspend the rest of the debate and make an announcement to the American people. Romney is ushered out of the room by the Secret Service.

The podium is transformed in seconds with the Shield of The President and teleprompter screens positioned on each side.

Obama proceeds to make a 60 minute pre-planned announcement that the attackers of the Libyan Consulate have been brought to justice and taken out by U.S. armed drones. He then precedes to outline in detail how his conflicting statements on Libya were designed to keep the terrorists off balance while they were being identified and located so they could be eliminated.
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Possibility 2)
During the debate a shot rings out and the President clutches his shoulder and falls to the ground. The perp (put up to the deed by the Obama Campaign) has fired a blank round but a device under the president's jacket has imparted a shallow wound to his shoulder.

The perp is hauled off to an undisclosed location and after treatment Obama says he will continue the debate with his right arm now in a sling and bandages apparent under his jacket.
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Either of these possibilities could throw a big monkey wrench into this election.

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[Lucrum]

Quote from RCG Trader:

You must be from the confederacy.

Where is IQ47 at to condemn this post as insulting trolling and having nothing to do with politics?