tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post1277643803070727823..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: Duval’s suspension centers are a colossal waste of resources.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-76939264257492497672014-01-26T09:35:05.273-07:002014-01-26T09:35:05.273-07:00Duh! As usual, the disruptive kids get attention ...Duh! As usual, the disruptive kids get attention AND one million a year spent on them. And it makes no difference except that it reduces the # of suspensions the county can claim. Gentry can't do simple math. He must have graduated from a Duval school.<br /><br />He reminds me of a student who was angry at me, because she had a D in my 12th grade honors class, but A's and B's in everything else. She had received A's in Algebra 1 and B's in Algebra 2 (in which quadratic equations and parabolas are part of the curriculum). I allowed her to retake a test. She asked me, "If there are 20 questions, how many are they each worth?" (I used a scale of 100). Then she asked me if she could use a calculator, because she didn't know what 3/2 was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com