In response to a message to Matt on ...
GK>Like I said, that may be true in some schools.  We will not 
GK>inflate grades.  We have plenty of B average students as 
GK>well.
GK>
GK>I really don't see this grade inflation happening.  I'm 
GK>still glad to see the President moving in this direction.
Gary,
I don't recognize your name - I have been ducking in and out of this 
echo for probably close to ten years, so you may have been involved 
for a while and know the score, or you may be a newbie.  My point 
being that Matt, a cynical collections lawyer from North Carolina, 
uses this forum to sharpen his lawyering skills.  He argues much the 
way a lawyer trying a case would argue - misdirection, obfuscation, 
and casting of doubt - all designed to cause a judge or jury to rule 
in his favor out of a sense of confusion.  It's not unusual for Matt 
to provide made-up information or for him to try to try extrapolate 
data to a level not warranted by logic.  Matt *never* offers any 
positive suggestions, he only likes to look for the weakness in any 
position and try to open a hole in the logic - it is seldom worth 
the time to try to debate with him.
I, too, am glad for the national debate on education.  I don't agree 
with all of it, but at least education has been placed near the top 
of the priority list, where it belongs.  As far as grade elevation, 
it simply won't be possible with the new standards and mastery tests 
being developed in 35 of the 50 states.
Glad to meet you ;-)
Chuck
Chuck Beams
cbeams@dreamscape.com
http://www.dreamscape.com/cbeams
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