2000 more teachers

[avgas]

Fuck me .. it was a half-arsed joke (I hate chasing electrons because you can't see the little fuckers ... ) Too many people have taken it seriously ..

Yeah my bad also. But that is the problem about talking about electrons. It's hard to stay positive with them around.
(It's bad I know)

yeah that's the problem with national standards.

So correct me if I am wrong. Are 50% of NZ students currently having to resit every year? (It sounds fucking horrible - and would cause classrooms to grow - i.e. 30 --> 15 + 30 = 45 --> 22 + 30 --> 52.....)
If this is true. I would be hiring and extra 2000 teachers now, and train an additional 5000 for 5 years down the track, and start grooming the 10,000 we will need in 10-15 years.

[The Pastor]

Yeah my bad also. But that is the problem about talking about electrons. It's hard to stay positive with them around.
(It's bad I know)

So correct me if I am wrong. Are 50% of NZ students currently having to resit every year? (It sounds fucking horrible - and would cause classrooms to grow - i.e. 30 --> 15 + 30 = 45 --> 22 + 30 --> 52.....)
If this is true. I would be hiring and extra 2000 teachers now, and train an additional 5000 for 5 years down the track, and start grooming the 10,000 we will need in 10-15 years.

(national standards are for primary school).

(its not an exam or test, its a benchmark)

(like i said you can pass the class/year but still fail national standards)

[avgas]

(its not an exam or test, its a benchmark)

So are 50% of NZ failing? or is the benchmark completely irrelevant?
Jeez I thought the US has it bad with SAT's (where 2400 != 100%, but you can't get more than 2400).

[The Pastor]

So are 50% of NZ failing? or is the benchmark completely irrelevant?
Jeez I thought the US has it bad with SAT's (where 2400 != 100%, but you can't get more than 2400).

its impossible to tell, as each schools interpretation of the standard is massively different.

another 'cool' feature of the standard is that its not a linear line, i.e., the progression through the junior years are way way easier than the senior years, its exponential.