Topic: Pittsburgh takes the public out of public school
Doug
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posted 11 July 2007 11:04 AM
quote:The Pittsburgh Public Schools will drop "public" from its name and adopt a new, standardized way of referring to its schools as part of a campaign to brighten and strengthen the district's image.
For example, Schenley High School will be called Pittsburgh Schenley.
posted 11 July 2007 12:37 PM
But that's dumb. It doesn't tell you in the name whether it's an elementary or secondary school.
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sgauvreau
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posted 11 July 2007 12:49 PM
What a fantastic waste of time and money!
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Michelle
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posted 11 July 2007 12:52 PM
That's for sure. None of those schools need new textbooks or sports equipment or musical instruments or something?
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sgauvreau
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posted 11 July 2007 01:01 PM
As someone who went to high school in the U.S. I know damn well that they need a lot more things before a silly, meaningless name change.
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Doug
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posted 11 July 2007 01:37 PM
quote:The district also said it was forming a committee to revise its curriculum on human reproduction. Mr. Roosevelt said the group will study the possibility of adding contraception to the curriculum.
They're a bunch of no-hopers. Now with new letterhead.
posted 11 July 2007 01:59 PM
They will study the POSSIBILITY of adding contraception to the curriculum? Well, I suppose that's faint hope, anyhow.
I really don't get it. I learned about contraception in school when I was in grade 7. If I hadn't learned how to properly use a condom in that class in grade 7, I would never have known how. I learned it nowhere else.
And I didn't have to use that knowledge until I was 18, contrary to the popular belief that kids who learn about contraception run right out and lose their virginity.
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Dead_Letter
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posted 11 July 2007 07:55 PM
I'm gay. The school pretended my kind did not exist, much less teach us about gay sex.
They'll never fix any of it, though.
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posted 11 July 2007 11:04 AM
