Sections Options Links Classifieds InteractiveThere is some excessive worry about grades this year. With the implementation of the plus/minus grading system, a new debate - or complaint, rather - has developed. From what we can tell, few C students are stewing over the recent changes to grading options.
"You lie!" shouted South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson after the president denied that health care reform would provide free coverage for illegal immigrants. Not only was this outburst a breach of civility and ample fodder for left-leaning commentators to get fussy about, it was also severely flawed.
Just last week, the state of health reform seemed so much bleaker. Momentum had stalled. Ted Kennedy, the Liberal Lion, had died before realizing his life's ambition. (Meaningful health reform, I mean. Not his dream of a swimming pool full of scotch.) Republicans were mischaracterizing almost the entirety of every committee bill.
The Department of Education released a lesson plan that would hopefully help elementary and middle school students pay attention to a speech to the leader of America and the Republican Party cries foul before even seeing the speech. What was on the lesson plan that would drive the party wild? Maybe it was the statement, "Teachers can ask students to imagine being the President delivering a speech to all the students in the United States.