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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by matt_wulfeck on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:15AM (#14969900)
> If the tests are flawed, fix the tests, don't eliminate them.

The tests are fine and we know it. The students are bad and so are their parents, who were also bad students.

Source: I was a bad student who had to change a lot in life. Magically when my attitude towards school changed so did my grades. Teachers can only do so much yet burden almost all of the blame.

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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by RonanTheGrey on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:40AM (#14970285)
> Magically when my attitude towards school changed so did my grades.

Funny how that works.

"Why won't you learn?!" "It doesn't matter to me!" is not a recipe for success.

I appreciate what you said. Made me want to jump out of my chair and clap. But then I would have been escorted to the loony bin, so...

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