A story today about the first round of checks going out in DC from a Harvard/DC Public Schools partnership designed to compensate kids for good behavior, attendance, and grades. Interestingly, some kids were "disappointed" with their haul.
Any thoughts?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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"Sixth-grader Kevin Sparrow-Bey, who took in $20, said he was annoyed by the assumption that he and his classmates have to be paid to take school seriously.
"I can do the work," said Kevin, 11, who said he gets B's and C's. "It don't change nothing."
Mr. Sparrow-Bey is my new hero.
Doc
AND the shame of it is that this poor, ruddy, young individualist will soon enough be indoctrinated into the collectivist world of the DC teacher's union.
This is akin to the Army offering the $25K - $30K bonuses to Captains to slow-down attrition. Guess what? Those who were going to get out of the Army left anyway and those who were staying in said, "Thanks for the money, we were staying-in anyway." They probably would've added, "It don't change nothing," but that would have been the Infantry or Field Artillery captains.
Doc - Fear not. My great hope for this program is that as it begins to reap the intended rewards, and I hope it does, some group representing those students who have chosen not to behave or who have fallen short of the achievement requirements, will demand parity. As a result, those youngsters who had been earning consistently good bonus checks will see a requisite reduction in their checks to accommodate the redistribution of the Harvard funding. And at that point my friends, the next generation of the citizens of the District of Columbia will, of its own free will, register themselves as voting Republicans. Oh please, please, some liberal advocate for "fairness", take those harder-working students' pay and give it to their classmates who skip class, start fights and otherwise fail to adhere to any semblance of a standard.
Perhaps Mr. Sparrow-Bey could spend a bit more time on his grammar.
Citing the rule of a double negative would mean that when Mr. Sparrow says "It don't change nothing." Then it does in fact change something. Perhaps a little greater application would not only improve his grammar but could also earn him a greater recompense for his efforts.
Citing the rule of a double negative would mean that when Mr. Sparrow says "It don't change nothing." Then it does in fact change something. Perhaps a little greater application would not only improve his grammar but could also earn him a greater recompense for his efforts.
Singles, bunts, steals and suicide-squeezes CW. The home run is nice, but small ball winds more games.
May 18, 2009; Page A08 - Tragedy struck yesterday morning at the Shaw at Garnet-Patterson School in the DC School District as students rioted after finding less-than-expected amounts in their monthly behavior checks.
An Obama Administration spokesperson tried to explain to enraged seventh graders that the tax rates on "Capital Gains" was increased to "spread the wealth" under legislation recently signed into law.
Oops, wrong thread.
Now hold on just one second...
Did Kevin Sparrow-Bey actually pronounce the "g" when he said, "It don't change nothin(g)"?
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