In a message dated 5/12/2002 11:01:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, zippywebgenie@hotmail.com writes: > > If the CA schools are at the top, then we're in trouble! I'm amazed at what > > my kids graduated from high school NOT knowing. I learned a lot more when I > > was in school. I think the tests have been dumbed-down a LOT. > The california school are LOWEST in math and science and 47th in english comprehension. Not exactly a STERLING performance. However we also have (as of last week's announcement) the WORST air to breath in the country. So I think I will Blame the poor performance on bad air, before someone else beats me to it!! Jeff Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

Good grief!!! It's really gone down the list since I was working in the Texas school system...pity!! Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScismGenie@aol.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [BSChat] Fw: [BS-L] WOW... I MISSED you guys!!! In a message dated 5/12/2002 11:01:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, zippywebgenie@hotmail.com writes: > > If the CA schools are at the top, then we're in trouble! I'm amazed at what > > my kids graduated from high school NOT knowing. I learned a lot more when I > > was in school. I think the tests have been dumbed-down a LOT. > The california school are LOWEST in math and science and 47th in english comprehension. Not exactly a STERLING performance. However we also have (as of last week's announcement) the WORST air to breath in the country. So I think I will Blame the poor performance on bad air, before someone else beats me to it!! Jeff Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.) ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/2002