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Yeah I just read that!

It was ridiculous anyway.

Spend the time, energy and resources on something that might actually work.

Nothinbutjoy said:

It was ridiculous anyway.

Spend the time, energy and resources on something that might actually work.

How about letting people decide for themselves what they want to eat and drink?

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

Genesia said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

It was ridiculous anyway.

Spend the time, energy and resources on something that might actually work.

How about letting people decide for themselves what they want to eat and drink?

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

Now, you are asking too much. Bloomberg can tackle the soda pop, headphones, and sugary lollipops crisises... it shows off his "leadership" skills.

Genesia said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

It was ridiculous anyway.

Spend the time, energy and resources on something that might actually work.

How about letting people decide for themselves what they want to eat and drink?

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

Exactly!

I didn't mean a law telling people what they should do, rather work on REAL issues.

Genesia said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

It was ridiculous anyway.

Spend the time, energy and resources on something that might actually work.

How about letting people decide for themselves what they want to eat and drink?

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

And just think when I said that he was "power trippin'", that didn't go with the status quo of those who agreed with his policies.

yay! good sense prevails. better late than never...

Genesia said:

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

This isn't true.

*double post*

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TD3 said:

Efan said:

This isn't true.

Surprisingly it is.

http://frontpagemag.com/2...-spending/

http://newyork.cbslocal.c...-colleges/

TD3 said:

Efan said:

This isn't true.

Surprisingly it is.

http://frontpagemag.com/2...-spending/

Ironically, it's not. And if the journalists who had first reported this misleading story, and the outlets who keep reposting it without actually reading and researching it, had actually been able to read and comprehend what they were mistakenly reporting, this story wouldn't have been misreported the way it has been.

^ And just what is the real story because no one has really explained it except for what they were told.

No, 80 Percent of NYC High School Graduates Are Not Illiterate

• By Adam Martin

An unfortunate story on CBS ...k Thursday carried this headline: "Officials: 80 Percent Of Recent NYC High School Graduates Cannot Read." It's a shocker, but it's also untrue. And to make things worse, the story that followed was riddled with typos. According to the New York Post, which reported the same story earlier on Thursday, "79.3 percent of city public-school grads who went to CUNY’s six two-year colleges arrived without having mastered the basics" of reading, writing, and math, and had to take non-credit remedial classes to catch up. That's not good, but to say 80 percent of high school graduates can't read is stretching things. Eight-year-old Harry Potter fans probably haven't mastered the skills to do college-level work either, but they can still read.

^ Well excuse me New York students... more of a rush job... still doesn't explain why Bloomberg keeps spending on those schools though.

Efan said:

TD3 said:

Surprisingly it is.

http://frontpagemag.com/2...-spending/

Ironically, it's not. And if the journalists who had first reported this misleading story, and the outlets who keep reposting it without actually reading and researching it, had actually been able to read and comprehend what they were mistakenly reporting, this story wouldn't have been misreported the way it has been.

By all means explain the statistical error.

TD3 said:

Efan said:

Ironically, it's not. And if the journalists who had first reported this misleading story, and the outlets who keep reposting it without actually reading and researching it, had actually been able to read and comprehend what they were mistakenly reporting, this story wouldn't have been misreported the way it has been.

By all means explain the statistical error.

I just did.

Efan said:

TD3 said:

By all means explain the statistical error.

I just did.

We must have been typing and posting at the same time, thanks Efan.

TD3 said:

Efan said:

I just did.

We must have been typing and posting at the same time, thanks Efan.

No worries. I wasn't sure if you had seen that post of mine.

Efan said:

Genesia said:

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

This isn't true.

it can not be true.

Timmy84 said:

^ Well excuse me New York students... more of a rush job... still doesn't explain why Bloomberg keeps spending on those schools though.

School system budgets do have cost increases for health/employee salaries, school materials, and school maintenance.

People place the majority of the blame for children failing on teacher's. In my opinion the biggest culprits for our educational failures are the politicians, school administrator's, parents.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

^ Well excuse me New York students... more of a rush job... still doesn't explain why Bloomberg keeps spending on those schools though.

School system budgets do have cost increases for health/employee salaries, school materials, and school maintenance.

People place the majority of the blame for children failing on teacher's. In my opinion the biggest culprits for our educational failures are the politicians, school administrator's, parents.

Yeah. So Bloomberg ain't getting away with that...

King Bloomberg also changed the rules so he could run for another term. That tells you all you need to know.

uPtoWnNY said:

King Bloomberg also changed the rules so he could run for another term. That tells you all you need to know.

That dude's an ass...lol

If people want to drink a bottle full of sugar and chemicals and it makes them happy, let them! It's nobody's business! Cheers!

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I wonder if all the people who were so pro-legislation are having second thoughts?

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=1

PurpleJedi said:

I wonder if all the people who were so pro-legislation are having second thoughts?

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=1

I am always amazed that people would accept having the government taking away freedoms.

Soda's or guns or who we can get married to... it is one thing to not be bothered or not care too much about a specific example but to openly support the loss of liberty without a deeply compelling reason is beyond me.

think of the lies told to pass obamacare (yes flat out lies)...that we have the RIGHT to have health insurance.... no we don't and the law proves we do not.

PurpleJedi said:

I wonder if all the people who were so pro-legislation are having second thoughts?

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=1

I know, right?

I do not like that Bloomberg is being a (Dick- tator) about what Adults should eat/drink. The Judge did the right thing to overturn the soda ban.

Genesia said:

Meanwhile, he might address the fact that 80% of those who graduate from NYC public schools can't read.

..."those who graduate" is the operable term, indeed (because a large number of NYC's youth don't).

Then, many of those graduates who are able to read are only reading on about a 4th or 5th grade level, and are only able to write in #Twitterese. Neither are they able to solve simple math equations. Moreover, I rarely come across anyone that seems to think this is unusual.