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One High School Valedictorian "Gets It"

Too bad she didn't learn some public speaking skills.

I grew up in Minneapolis, MN.
Our HS valedictorian got pregnant 3 months before graduation and dropped out.
My all time favorite quote from our assistant Principal was, "We're not here to educate you, we're here to keep you off the streets."
Our society was predominantly Scandinavian which held as a basic tenet, Children should be seen but, not heard.
People wondered why Minnesota had the highest rate of volunteers for Vietnam.
My generation was ready to kill something, anybody, just get us the hell out of here.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Too bad she didn't learn some public speaking skills.

I grew up in Minneapolis, MN.
Our HS valedictorian got pregnant 3 months before graduation and dropped out.
My all time favorite quote from our assistant Principal was, "We're not here to educate you, we're here to keep you off the streets."
Our society was predominantly Scandinavian which held as a basic tenet, Children should be seen but, not heard.
People wondered why Minnesota had the highest rate of volunteers for Vietnam.
My generation was ready to kill something, anybody, just get us the hell out of here.
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eh?
 
Good content, but far too long.

Content: 10/10
Brevity: 5/10

Also... I feel like perhaps her speech wasn't entirely her own. She cited her lack of the pursuit of personal growth, instead spending an inordinate amount of time on pointless extra credit that she didn't need. Why did she follow such a path if she was so enlightened as to the pitfalls of the US education system? Did she suddenly have an epiphany a week before commencement?
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Too bad she didn't learn some public speaking skills.

I grew up in Minneapolis, MN.
Our HS valedictorian got pregnant 3 months before graduation and dropped out.
My all time favorite quote from our assistant Principal was, "We're not here to educate you, we're here to keep you off the streets."
Our society was predominantly Scandinavian which held as a basic tenet, Children should be seen but, not heard.
People wondered why Minnesota had the highest rate of volunteers for Vietnam.
My generation was ready to kill something, anybody, just get us the hell out of here.
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I am Norwegian. I grew up in Minneapolis. I do not see things the way you see things.
 
Yeah, such a boring speech with so many big, boring words - how is one supposed to process all that fast influx of different words? And she didn't take her top off even once!

Nothing to see here, go back to sleep.
 
She's a typical American whiner. It's all public education's fault she crammed and didn't learn anything. Couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that she chose not learn anything and just cram to get a good grade and forget. You can do that in public or private school, if that's what you choose to do. Or you could choose to take the time to learn things. School is not about forcing you to learn, it's about giving you the opportunity to learn. She had that opportunity and blew it, now she wants to blame the people who gave her the opportunity.
On the flip side, she did learn how to game the system, which is really the best thing for a whiner like her to learn in life.
 
senseamp said:
She's a typical American whiner. It's all public education's fault she crammed and didn't learn anything. Couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that she chose not learn anything and just cram to get a good grade and forget. You can do that in public or private school, if that's what you choose to do. Or you could choose to take the time to learn things. School is not about forcing you to learn, it's about giving you the opportunity to learn. She had that opportunity and blew it, now she wants to blame the people who gave her the opportunity.
On the flip side, she did learn how to game the system, which is really the best thing for a whiner like her to learn in life.
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Right, she obviously failed to learn. That is why she is valedictorian of her class numbnutz.

She is ranting about how the school achieves the goal, not the results. Critical thinking in our public school system is out.
 
Genx87 said:
Right, she obviously failed to learn. That is why she is valedictorian of her class numbnutz.

She is ranting about how the school achieves the goal, not the results. Critical thinking in our public school system is out.
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Didn't you listen to the speech? She worked to get good grades (took notes, didextra credit, etc) she looked at it like a job and didn't remember after the test was over. She claimed she didn't learn anything more than how to study for a test and do assignments.
 
soundforbjt said:
Didn't you listen to the speech? She worked to get good grades (took notes, didextra credit, etc) she looked at it like a job and didn't remember after the test was over. She claimed she didn't learn anything more than how to study for a test and do assignments.
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That was her point about the school system. They had her achieve it through memorization for the next test. Not critically thinking about what she was doing. She was making a point about how they achieved the results.
 
Genx87 said:
That was her point about the school system. They had her achieve it through memorization for the next test. Not critically thinking about what she was doing. She was making a point about how they achieved the results.
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She chose to not learn, except from memorization. The school doesn't\ can't make her think. They have no way of knowing who's learning and who isn't, only the results from tests.
She made a choice and it was a bad one.
 
Genx87 said:
Right, she obviously failed to learn. That is why she is valedictorian of her class numbnutz.
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She played the system and got good grades by cramming at the expense of retaining the knowledge. That was her choice. She could have sat in same class, listened to same instructor, and chose to learn and understand. For her to blame public education is simply shifting the blame.
She is ranting about how the school achieves the goal, not the results. Critical thinking in our public school system is out.
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No one stopped her from exercising some critical thinking and learning, except herself. You can take the horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
 
soundforbjt said:
She chose to not learn, except from memorization. The school doesn't\ can't make her think. They have no way of knowing who's learning and who isn't, only the results from tests.
She made a choice and it was a bad one.
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You cant be this dense. Of course you are most likely a product of our school system. So I guess it makes sense you cant critcally think about what she is saying.
 
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