tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3803177169249227661..comments2024-03-28T14:37:17.081-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: The State of HCSD: She Said, He SaidCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-12018922024875321112015-07-14T15:25:31.201-04:002015-07-14T15:25:31.201-04:00The most telling item in Ms. Suttmeier's piece...The most telling item in Ms. Suttmeier's piece this morning was her calling the high school graduation a "baccalaureate." There is, in fact, an international secondary school baccalaureate that is recognized by educators of standing throughout the world. It is a achieved after successfully completing a very comprehensive and difficult curriculum and series of written exams. What the HCSD offers is, per the rankings, barely a Regents diploma let alone a baccalaureate. Ms. Suttmeier may be unaware of this; then again, she may simply not care about the distinction between a globally recognized level of excellence and the relatively worthless paper HCSD hands out on a regular basis to the bulk of its "graduating" student body. Paper made worthless, by the way, through the HCSD's administration's own efforts at obfuscating the real educational outcomes it produces.John K. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071150738374309103noreply@blogger.com