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Dear Scott--
    I'm losing my mind, but that is nothing new to those who know me!!
We are in the middle of state proficiency testing for all ninth graders
and it becomes all consuming!  The state of Ohio has mandated that all
students must pass tests in writing, reading, math, and citizenship.
Science test will be added next year, we hear.  Anyway, two-three hours
of each day this week is set aside for one of these test-----throwing
the sceduling totally off.  The fun part is that we don't get the
results until February, and any who do not pass any of the four tests
must retake that part in March.  I, as head of the English department,
am responsible for intervention for all of the non-passers in writing
and reading.  More work.  But no passing, no diploma.  Students can take
it once every semester until they graduate.
    Enough of my complaining,  I just wanted you to know that the
letters you've been receiving are not the best quality, I'm sure.  Part
of this is due to the lack of time on the computers we have.  Also our
system has had problems with too many people using it at one time.  So I
know they've been done hurriedly and have many errors.
    This Channel 0 has no spell check and some have entered
misinformation which doesn't allow them to make corrections.  All of
these bugs will be worked out soon, I hope.  My students are very tired
of the Presidential election results and very interested in just plain
socializing over the computer!!  So if the Language Arts teacher is
willing to mess with this, I am happy.  I think your suggestion of
mandatory mention of some current international event is good.  I really
hope that students can be matched to students, so that everyone has his
or her own pen pal with a real name so that relationships can be formed.
Does this make sense to you?
    My father-in-law died of cancer on Nov. 5th.  He had only been sick
for a month, but my husband had lost his mother and sister last
year--making this even more painful and giving him all the
responsibility of care, etc.  Now he has all the work of settling the
estate.  So we have lots of stress in our lives at this point.
    Finally, I have access to computers everyday at any time.  The
students can use the computer labs only if their classroom teachers
brings them or if a teacher writes them a pass from study hall to come.
We have had a little problem with vandalism of the machines when
students were not properly supervised, so they now have less freedom.
Mostly they want to play games on the computer anyway.  SIGH.
    My students are anxiously awaiting your replies.  I'll share the
survey responses tomorrow with the classes.  Thanks for your help
                                       Sincerely,
                                       Connie Carr
 þ ORIGIN-New Albany H/S Eagle's Echo BBS(New Albany, Ohio)



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