Friday at work, we had someone give us a presentation on the No Chile Left Behind legislation. Many aspects of the law seem to have no basis in reality. For one, 100% of students are expected to be proficient at grade level by the 2012-2013 school year. This includes students with disabilities. Now I believe that everyone can have some degree of success, but to expect every student to perform at the same level is just asinine! An eighth grader with a serious brain injury for one, is extremely unlikely to be able to do what a typical eighth grader is expected to do.
In response to this, one of my coworkers sent this email out to us today:
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: THE "FOOTBALL" VERSION
1. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.
2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities. ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL.
3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability, or whose parents don't like football
4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th, 8th and 11th games.
5. This will create a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals.
If no child gets ahead, then no child will be left behind.
1 comment:
This is a very clever thing. I have forwarded it on to a few teachers who will appreciate it.
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