So, I am at work right now. to do the furlough I have nothing to do. So I was looking at the FCPS website and found this. I noticed 166 student failed K.. How???????

http://www.fcps.edu/it/studentreporting/documents/rets12.pdf

It's because of parents like you who have poor grammar and don't prepare their children enough for school. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree my friend.

My wife is a Kindergarten teacher and I hear all of her complaints. There's handfuls of kids that come in and don't even know the alphabet and little alone can't even spell their own name.

Send your children to preschool prior to kindergarten. It makes a huge difference.

dumb question Wrote:
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> It's because of parents like you who have poor
> grammar and don't prepare their children enough
> for school. The apple doesn't fall far from the
> tree my friend.
>
> My wife is a Kindergarten teacher and I hear all
> of her complaints. There's handfuls of kids that
> come in and don't even know the alphabet and
> little alone can't even spell their own name.
>
> Send your children to preschool prior to
> kindergarten. It makes a huge difference.

THERE'S handfuls of kids THAT come in and don't even know the alphabet and LITTLE ALONE can't even spell THEIR own name.

Did YOU fail kindergarten? Are you a fifth grader now? Is English your native language?

There is handfuls? They ARE handfuls (poor word choice, by the way).

Kids WHO, not THAT.

LITTLE ALONE = let alone? Spell his or her name.

dumb question Wrote:
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> It's because of parents like you who have poor
> grammar and don't prepare their children enough
> for school. The apple doesn't fall far from the
> tree my friend.
>
> My wife is a Kindergarten teacher and I hear all
> of her complaints. There's handfuls of kids that
> come in and don't even know the alphabet and
> little alone can't even spell their own name.
>
> Send your children to preschool prior to
> kindergarten. It makes a huge difference.


"don't prepare their children enough for school." = fail
"There's handfuls of kids..." = fail
"know the alphabet and little alone can't..." = fail

Have your wife explain to you your grammatical errors.

Shouldn't you be looking for another job?

walking tall Wrote:
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> Shouldn't you be looking for another job?

Dear Lord, please don't let dumb question look for a job teaching,interacting with children, communicating, leading or managing. Guide him to a repetitive, menial, yet satisfying, job with Obamacare benefits and a short commute.

I think dumb question has shown us what happens to people later in life after they fail kindergarten.

bored Govt Worker Wrote:
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> So, I am at work right now. to do the furlough I
> have nothing to do. So I was looking at the FCPS
> website and found this. I noticed 166 student
> failed K.. How???????
>
> http://www.fcps.edu/it/studentreporting/documents/
> rets12.pdf

Shouldn't you be heading off to class at NOVA?

There's nothing wrong with repeating kindergarten. Some parents find their kids aren't mature enough for the next grade. The bigger problem that I see is with the stats for high school.

hard to decide what's funnier -- the grammatical stupidity of the OP lamenting failing kids, or the grammatical errors of the people correcting his grammar.

Curmudgeon Wrote:
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> hard to decide what's funnier -- the grammatical
> stupidity of the OP lamenting failing kids, or the
> grammatical errors of the people correcting his
> grammar.


I think even funnier is your stupidity in not understanding what the OP wrote or the definition of the word "lamenting." The OP is only pointing out that 166 kids failed Kindergarten and asked how. There was no lamenting there.

Definition of lament:
to express sorrow, regret, or unhappiness about something.

There was no emotion in the OP's post. So no sorrow, regret or unhappiness.

Bad parenting is why.

Some students aren't ready for first grade. The reasons may be more social/behavioral than academic. I'm sure that staying in kindergarten an extra year is much better than experiencing failure in later grades. The number actually seems low when you think about how much this could benefit some children.

I failed kindergarten 20 times. When I went home, I told my mom that I had the biggest dick. She wasn't pleased and said "Well of course you do, you are twenty five!"

i think its more behavior issues then academic issues some little kids are violent

peopele that are dum

Kids still crapping in their pants/Pull Ups.

Also assume if you check the schools, they will be in areas of town with a lot of ESOL/Minorities that have not been in the country for very long.

By kindergarten, black kids haves learned to dance, but can't spell their names.

pk7wY Wrote:
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> Kids still crapping in their pants/Pull Ups.
>
> Also assume if you check the schools, they will be
> in areas of town with a lot of ESOL/Minorities
> that have not been in the country for very long.


That’s what I was thinking - they are not speaking English yet.

causeican Wrote:
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> pk7wY Wrote:
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> > Kids still crapping in their pants/Pull Ups.
> >
> > Also assume if you check the schools, they will
> be
> > in areas of town with a lot of ESOL/Minorities
> > that have not been in the country for very
> long.
>
>
> That’s what I was thinking - they are not
> speaking English yet.
Latina born in nw dc. I still remember my kindergarten prof when I was 4 yrs old. I spoke english very well thank you very much. So well that I was college level by the time I reached 5th grade.

Kindergarten skills are foundational. If your kid doesn't absolutely have them down cold, best to take a repeat year.

Also, some kids are just generally more compliant with school-based learning than others. Frankly, given all we hear now about the health perils of sitting all day, the wiggly kids who drive teachers nuts may be on to something.

I remember a girl flunking kindergarten way back when. She never talked

latin baby Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > pk7wY Wrote:
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> > > Kids still crapping in their pants/Pull Ups.
> > >
> > > Also assume if you check the schools, they
> will
> > be
> > > in areas of town with a lot of
> ESOL/Minorities
> > > that have not been in the country for very
> > long.
> >
> >
> > That’s what I was thinking - they are not
> > speaking English yet.
> Latina born in nw dc. I still remember my
> kindergarten prof when I was 4 yrs old. I spoke
> english very well thank you very much. So well
> that I was college level by the time I reached 5th
> grade.

Most 5th graders can read at a higher level than typical Howard University students. Don't let your head get too big.

Simple, dumbasses are ESL.

homeboy back in the sixth grade failed so many times he was driving to school. Eventually he got kicked out (or dropped out). Legend has it he went to a school retard

latin baby Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > pk7wY Wrote:
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> > > Kids still crapping in their pants/Pull Ups.
> > >
> > > Also assume if you check the schools, they
> will
> > be
> > > in areas of town with a lot of
> ESOL/Minorities
> > > that have not been in the country for very
> > long.
> >
> >
> > That’s what I was thinking - they are not
> > speaking English yet.
> Latina born in nw dc. I still remember my
> kindergarten prof when I was 4 yrs old. I spoke
> english very well thank you very much. So well
> that I was college level by the time I reached 5th
> grade.


NVCC doesn't count.

Its because they don't speak English at home and then are lost when they enter Kindergarten. Hard hearted Conservatives like me think parents should take English classes and try to learn the damn native language so that their poor kids have some chance of succeeding. Not to is the ultimate in selfishness.

oy vey Wrote:
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> Curmudgeon Wrote:
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> > hard to decide what's funnier -- the
> grammatical
> > stupidity of the OP lamenting failing kids, or
> the
> > grammatical errors of the people correcting his
> > grammar.
>
>
> I think even funnier is your stupidity in not
> understanding what the OP wrote or the definition
> of the word "lamenting." The OP is only pointing
> out that 166 kids failed Kindergarten and asked
> how. There was no lamenting there.
>
> Definition of lament:
> to express sorrow, regret, or unhappiness about
> something.
>
> There was no emotion in the OP's post. So no
> sorrow, regret or unhappiness.

Regret is an emotion?