Biden Ed Plan DEAD Before Leaving Thought Box, Without New Gen of Academic-parenting OPINION

Academic-parenting is a concept that grew out of my early studies of how

to improve the Quality of the Condition of Education in the school my

youngest attended at the time. And from several surprisingly frank,

honest, and unexpected admissions by other parents of the challenge to

help and support their child at home. And these were parents of fifth

and sixth graders. I came to believe then and still do there is a need.

And by the fall of 2008, I had a descriptive name for it. Today as an

Autodidact Education Anthropologist (AKA as a student) of the field of

education, I can show you the need, which you'll see in the last part of

this post.

In a general sense: Academic-Parenting is activities you can do with

your kids to prepare them to learn in a formal teaching environment and

support them through High school graduation. The goal is to keep it

super simple. And the following reading academic-parenting skill most of

you already know; some to all of:

1. Reading to your child before they know how to read, and then

discussing what you read with them.*

2.  Reading the same book or text with them as they learn to read. Then

discussing it afterward.*

3. Reading together. Not necessarily the same book or text. Or even at

the same time. Then discussing what each of you read.*

* Discussing is not a lecture. It is a conversation where all parties

are comfortable expressing themselves. Effective communication between

you and anyone is identical to building a bridge. The longer you build

on the bridge and keep it open, the stronger it becomes. But if it

collapses, it is damn hard to rebuild. And children (bless them) may

occasionally be trying. The goal is to keep them comfortable and the

communication bridge open as you use your parental authority to address

the situation.

I don't know if anyone else uses the phrase academic-parenting. However,

people write blogs and books detailing numerous simple things you may

already know or can learn to do to equip your kid(s) for formal

schooling and support them through high school graduation.

I find it frustrating when someone writes an opinion without verifiable

facts. And I always wonder if their thoughts were pulled out of some

sunless crevasse or creatively made up for the sake of being argumentative.

The following section will show fact checkable evidence with links

(another pet peeve) showing the impact of parents' education level on

student's measurable academic scholarship, using National Assessment of

Education Progress (NAEP) published results.

1971 Parental Education impact on 17-year-old student acquisition of

Reading Proficiency; TABLE 1: Parent Education Level and Corresponding

Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average Score(1):

 > Not a high school graduate = 52%

 > Graduated high school = 57%

 > Some education after high school = 60%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 1, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

1978 Parental Education impact on 17-year-old students learning of

Mathematics Proficiency; TABLE 2: Parent Education Level and

Corresponding Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average

Score(2):

 > Not a high school graduate = 56%

 > Graduated high school = 49%

 > Some education after high school = 61%

 > Graduated college = 63%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 2, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

Forty-one and more years later, in 2019

2019 Parental Education impact on 12th-Grade student acquisition of

Reading Proficiency; TABLE 3: Parent Education Level and Corresponding

Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average Score(3):

 > Did not finish high school = 54%

 > Graduated high school = 54%

 > Some education after high school = 57%

 > Graduated college = 59%

 > Unknown = 51%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 3, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

2019 Parental Education impact on 12th-Grade student acquisition of

Mathematics Proficiency; TABLE 4: Parent Education Level and

Corresponding Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average

Score(4):

 > Did not finish high school = 44%

 > Graduated high school = 45%

 > Some education after high school = 49%

 > Graduated college = 54%

 > Unknown = 42%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 4, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

METHODOLOGY:

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We translate large-scale Standardized Test measurement

systems through a process named "Calculating the Percent of a Perfect

Score." This KISS (keep it super simple) method converts results to a

percentage and equivalent classroom grade. This translation eliminates

the need for an education authority to tell you what they want you to

believe. Or provide an explanation you may not understand. The process

was created by a Founder of The Afterclap. He spent nine years serving

on Public School Councils with a Georgia legislated expectation to make

positive suggestions to improve the Quality of the Condition of

Education in the school he served. And be able to explain how well

students performed on large-scale standardized tests to parents and

interested stakeholders. As a former student and now as a parent, he

understands the implications of the Classroom Grade and suspects you do

as well. If your child brings home a grade of 57, the score eliminates

some questions and opens the door to specific targeted questions from

"what did you learn today?" To, "what have you not learned yet?" 

Bruce Kendall.

SOURCES:

(1) 1995 > Digest of Education Statistics > National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) Long Term Trends. > "Table 105. Average

student proficiency in reading, by age and selected characteristics of

students: 1971 to 1992."> Where the earliest year listed for Parental

education impact on 17-year-olds in "Reading Proficiency" was 1971.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d95/dtab105.asp

(2) 1999 > Digest of Education Statistics > National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) Long Term Trends. > "Table 123. Average

mathematics proficiency, by age and by selected characteristics of

students: 1973 to 1996." Where the earliest year listed for Parental

education impact on 17-year-olds in "Mathematics Proficiency" was 1978

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d99/d99t123.asp

(3) 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading,

Grade 12, Parental education level, from 2 questions [PARED] and

National jurisdiction. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/landing

(4) 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics,

Grade 12, Parental education level, from 2 questions [PARED] and

National jurisdiction. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/landing

A Stack Of Papers

 

A Stack Of Papers.

I often wonder how people make it through their lives without just driving themselves off a cliff. People are calling for us to boycott companies because some of the people that run them have different views as they do. They think by not buying a company’s product they will hurt them and make them change their minds. Well, they are as smart as a turd in a septic tank thinking it is in an oasis. First of all, not all of the employees of the company may not have the same views like the ones that run it. So you may be hurting people that don’t hold your views that work for you and that is stupid. 

Let's take Coca-Cola. It is just a stack of papers that allows it to have property and that is it. The company is so large in scope the few that will boycott will not even make a blip on their bottom line. So why deprive yourself of a product you like on its own to try and change a few that run the company that will have no effect on your cause? 

I have seen so many people call for boycotts because the new President is not who they wanted. Guess what you lost the election so get over it and move on. I don’t like some things he has and will do but I do hope he does a good job for America to help us all. We all need to come together for the betterment of our nation as a whole. To all that have asked all your friends to boycott companies and the Democratic President and his policies. I have one question for you: if you don’t like him or his policies he has done I take it you returned your $1,400 to the Government, if not you are a hypocrite or as my mom would say “A Two-Faced Son Of A Bitch”. So change your diaper and get with the program. 

The Staff.     

The Leper of Henry County

 

“The Leper of Henry County”

I have known for a long time now that I am nothing in the eyes of those around me that I am like a leper.  I live a quiet solitary life in a world much akin to a leper colony where people don’t want to be seen with me.  Much of it is because of my size and people have made fun of me all my life.  They don’t want to be seen with the oversized man  because it will cramp their style. This is how the people who had leprosy had to live and I can relate to their situation.   People out there don’t know how sad I truly am and how many tears I have shed just wanting some human contact and a kind word.   I am always worried about the spread of the current virus and knowing that people don’t follow the rules is why it is spreading even farther and wider than earlier predicted.   I may sound harsh about the virus and what needs to be done, but I mean it in a way to help others and not hurt them.  People have unfriended me because of it and some are family members.  Truly, truly sad, but this leads me back to the knowledge that I am just a leper and will be avoided at all costs to promote their own idealistic thoughts and harsh realism.  I am a person with feelings that do get hurt a lot because of those who are thoughtless in these matters.   I often feel so alone and lost in a sea of the lost and I know I can speak with the Lord because he is the only one who truly knows my heart and what is inside.   Remember when you cast a stone in my direction you are only getting hit yourself in ways you don’t understand.   I lost the one who loved me and wanted to share their life with me to those who hate our way of life.   Now I am attacked and blacklisted for speaking my mind.   I will not beg and I will not ask for people to recognize me more than they would a dog or cat.  I am a human with a heart and I will not lower myself to those levels. 

So, I will continue being the Leper of Henry County. 

Can Little Kids Learn?

 

This bad virus that is called covid-19 was created by some bad people in the far off land of China.   They let this highly dangerous weapon loose on the unsuspecting people of their own area.   Then, it was carried worldwide by those same unsuspecting people.  The government there did not tell of this being unleashed like a bully on the playground.   The bully always takes your candy.  This bully takes your life.  Doctors and other people who learned of this problem tell us to wash our hands a lot, stay at least six feet apart and to wear a mask to try and stop the spread of the weapon that is among us.  This bully is picking on our parents and grandparents more than it does us here on the playground.  Many of our elders are not heeding to the advice that is given to try and save their lives.  Now a vaccine is going to be given and many have said they will not take it.   If we don’t take our medicine we are punished.  So, many of those who refuse to go by the rules will be punished by not letting them on public buses, trains and airplanes.  Many will pay the price with their lives for not obeying the rules because the bully that is the virus will win.

Wear your mask kids or you may be put in a long time-out.

The Staff.

The Ultimate In Stupid

 I have a rant to throw out there.  It is so perplexing to watch as those who claim to be good republicrats and demosocialists who gripe about toilet paper and paper towels being stripped from the shelves but you won’t wear a damn mask.   The ultimate in stupid.  Worry about not having supplies, but not staying safe.  If you get sick and die you won’t need those supplies.  The incoming President said that he would shut down the nation if he has to so it can get under control..  That is why there is panic shopping.  The numbers of the covid are rising daily and there seems to be no relief in sight and the vaccine is not ready yet and it will be for the first responders and the very sick first and then the rest of us in the Spring of 2021.  People going out in masses and wondering why the spread of the virus is going on.  Any damn fool should be able to see the problem.  The peak of this problem will happen during the holidays and I guarantee those who get sick wouldn’t want to admit it to no one because they have set such bad examples for others.   The government is trying to help you not hurt you in the rules.  Each person is responsible for the safety of themselves and others.  That is the part of the equation that people don’t understand or just don’t give a damn about.  They either say it is a hoax or they panic too much.  They need to look at the middle ground and stay safe and this will get under control.   And another issue is what if the vaccine doesn’t work because this weaponized virus might mutate once again.  Then what?

The Staff

Proper Way To Vote

 

As you begin your journey to go vote in the upcoming weeks please remember there is a proper way to vote.  I have read and seen on social media throughout the weeks, months, and even years that people tend to vote by party lines only, and if you are one of those that do this you were voting Improperly. I have seen people that say they vote only Republican or Democrat down the line. This is a tragic and improper way to vote.  We must first look at each individual candidate researching their history if they have a voting history if not research who they are and what they stand for and ignore the issue if they are Democrat or Republican. 

Then, you can make a more informed decision as to their validity of being a good representative of the people. This is the only way we will have checks and balances within the system of the government if we stack all Republicans or all Democrats into an office we are looking at what we have today we are on the verge of Anarchy because one side thinks the other side has too much power. In the end, it is your responsibility to vote appropriately for the person you believe represents you the best and that would be best for the office of which they are seeking.  Any way that you choose to vote either in person or by absentee ballot vote it is your right but that right does come with the responsibility to do it the right way. If not or if you choose to vote for all Democrats or all Republicans you will get what you deserve and that is either no power to say anything about your community or government or you will have all the power and risk Anarchy and inviting a government that serves no one. Please remember this last thing we are all Americans and should get along with all true Americans.  This election more than any in recent years is of vital importance both locally and nationally because we have elements of communist insurgency in our midst who want to destroy our way of life.  Not since the Cold War has this been so evident.  Vote and vote wisely to save our nation and our destiny.

 The Staff. 

 

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Nineteen Years Of Loneliness And Heartbreak

Today marks the nineteenth anniversary of a bunch of rag headed sons of bitches killing 3000 Americans on 09/11/2001. Today we still face those same SOBs threatening our freedom. We must stand firm against them. We also have a threat from within factions of uneducated Americans that have no clue as to what being an American is all about is trying to change and take over the nation. If we don’t take back control of this and bring back the real America then the rag heads have won and we will cease to exist and America will fall.     

   I have spent nineteen years longing for you my darling. 

My heart still aching for you in my life to make it whole once again.

For these long years I have not been happy at all, yes I put on like I am but deep inside I am just in a state of existence to get by. I miss you so much sweetheart that it hurts every day of my life. I have only a few friends that talk to me. Casey is still watching my six as he did when we worked together at the bureau. I try to talk to people on social platforms but they just ignore me so you know what I think of them. I try to keep myself busy but my thoughts always return to you darling. Because in my heart you died just yesterday and I can’t shake it. I miss you so much darling you are my love of a lifetime. 

https://youtu.be/5ETENrv8cnU

Alfred