On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 05:56:48 GMT, BottleBob wrote:
Cliff wrote:
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:35:05 GMT, BottleBob wrote:
Cliff wrote:
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:55:43 GMT, BottleBob wrote:
60 percent of the Catholic school black students scored above the
national average for black students on the SAT
And to think of it ...... 50% would be average ....
Cliff:
"...and over 70 percent of public school black students scored BELOW
the same national average."
The above comment kind of brings the difference between parochial and
public school scores into a little better focus now doesn't it.
Nope. The poor usually don't do all that well in school ... and money is
needed for private schools.
Cliff:
So you're changing your tune and now admitting that those that can
AFFORD to go to private (parochial) schools do better? LOL
That's another subject: they do better in public schools as well. And live
longer too, usually.
You've confused cause & effect and added in cherry-picked data.
You missed the boat yet again.
I doubt it. The REASON private school students do better on scholastic
tests is irrelevant to your original comment below:
Nope. And Blacks in NY city were used as the case in point IIRC.
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Cliff wrote:
"I have the distinct impression that the students from
religion schools usually know a bit less about many things ....
such as science, biology, mathematics, logic, reason, history ....
and are pretty brainwashed (but clueless in reality) on certain
other subjects."
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You made a vast sweeping generalization based on an "impression". I
just countered your "impression" with some data about the comparison of
public vs. parochial school test scores that showed parochial school
students did better on scholastic tests.
You cherry picked in promoting religion.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/UrbanIssues/BG1128.cfm
Propaganda from fundies & wingers trying to get state-funded
religion (Catholic).
Your anti-religious obsession seems to be clouding your thinking on
this issue. As much as you may HATE to admit it, parochial school
students generally score higher scholastically than their public school
counterparts up through high school.
You don't know what "counterparts" is.
It's really quite simple, "counterparts" in this context would be, for
example, the comparison of scores from 5th, 9th, 12th, (or whatever
grade), students from public schools with the same grade students from
private (parochial) schools.
Nope. You have to screen for more than that to compare to even
try to support the silly claims.
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Cliff