As Dust might say, pwn3d!

[tskstorm]

If that was written exactly as it was dictated, I guess that shoots a BIG hole in the whole 'standardized testing is slanted against blacks' arguement!

Although I think the whole standardized testing is slanted against blacks is nonsense ...

this letter doesn't really do anything, he had to dictate the letter, meaning he obviously couldn't write, and we have no idea of his reading ability ... but if he in did fact dictate the math portion, he was obviously proficient in basic math skills ...

[chaser]

Whoever wrote it was obviously a big fan of Plato (or Socrates, whichever you credit with The Apology).

Maybe more so "The Allegory of the Cave".

[FireMedic65]

so who ever said going to school makes you smarter?

[chaser]

...this letter doesn't really do anything...

You must be joking. Regardless of whether it was written by the claimed author or dictated, it protrays a very important picture of the past of this country.

History should be paid attention to, and learned from.

Times change, and sometimes for the better.

Now (for those in the US) we have a black president. Go figure. People could see beyond color and choose him for the person he is. Yahoo!!!

[tskstorm]

You must be joking. Regardless of whether it was written by the claimed author or dictated, it protrays a very important picture of the past of this country.

History should be paid attention to, and learned from.

Times change, and sometimes for the better.

Now (for those in the US) we have a black president. Go figure. People could see beyond color and choose him for the person he is. Yahoo!!!

Poor grammar on my part should have read " this letter doesn't really do anything for the argument that standardized tests are slanted against blacks" ...

It was implied by Lone Star that this author had good reading and writing skills therefore standardized testing is fair across the board ...

Edited May 9, 2009 by tskstorm

[Dustdevil]

Now (for those in the US) we have a black president. Go figure. People could see beyond color and choose him for the person he is.

That makes a very bold, and yet unproven assumption that we know the person he is. I submit we only know the person he wants us to think he is.

[chaser]

That makes a very bold, and yet unproven assumption that we know the person he is. I submit we only know the person he wants us to think he is.

Yes, Dust, typical of any politician.

I guess we will see how he does. I have the utmost confidence in him, much more than what I have seen in the past few years.

Don't think he would hesitant to finish the goat story to pass off other pressing matters.

[Dustdevil]

Don't think he would hesitant to finish the goat story to pass off other pressing matters.

Of course not. Because, after all, it is all about appearances (read: show business) to this guy. Where he would have problems is actually taking care of those other pressing matters.

At least President Bush didn't need a teleprompter to read the goat story.

[Chief1C]

What goat story?

[Dustdevil]

What goat story?

The goat story that the left wing websites -- who say they want us to "move on" -- have been whining incessantly about for the last eight years. Go figure.