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- StigNordas, on 12/02/2008, -3/+108Sad sad state of education.
- DigSomeMore, on 12/02/2008, -10/+110This is crazy...we pay our teachers so little as it is, good for him...
- S5S5S5, on 12/03/2008, -4/+83Is it me, or does every story I read these days sound like Onion stories?
- CoolHandLuke70, on 12/02/2008, -5/+82Teachers should not be paying for this and not selling ads on their tests. Their budget should cover all their needs and with shrewd oversight. Realize that Bush's 'no child left behind' and similar BS programs are total failures for our educational system.
- macbookhair, on 12/02/2008, -2/+71"***** this test. Go visit www.collegehumor.com"
- Grommy, on 12/02/2008, -1/+64Talk about a captive audience.
- col381, on 12/03/2008, -2/+61Mrs Krabappel: "We'll finally be able to buy a real periodic table instead of those promotional ones from Oscar Meyer! Now, on with the Science lesson: who can tell me the atomic weight of Bolonium?"
Martin: Ooh ooh ooh! Delicious?
Mrs Krabappel: Correct. I would also have accepted "snacktacular." - orangederange, on 12/02/2008, -5/+60I have mixed feelings about this... on the positive sides, this is a creative way to cover costs, and it's not like kids and people in general aren't already bombarded by adverts.
- imacommi, on 12/02/2008, -6/+45This is a great idea, but I think the school should cover the costs. Sounds like someone didn't do such a great job with the budgets...
- WafflesID, on 12/03/2008, -3/+40So what are the negative sides?
If people have a problem with it, GIVE HIM FUNDING. - Dalhectar, on 12/02/2008, -1/+28The ad is from an engineering firm on a HS calculus test.
Q: Want to know why taking Calculus might actually matter?
A: A future promising career in engineering. - thegamingguy, on 12/02/2008, -2/+29Very solid idea but it is a Pandora's Box for sure. I often wonder why corporations don't just buy schools the same way they do naming rights to stadiums.
- cubicledrone, on 12/03/2008, -0/+21We did. The administrators spent it.
- benologist, on 12/03/2008, -1/+18I can see it now...
Fail this test and you'll be working at......
[McDonalds logo] - JoshuaGross, on 12/03/2008, -0/+17The Onion could take this story, word for word, and run it. And I would say "ha ha, come on guys, this isn't even remotely believable."
- EricSchC1, on 12/03/2008, -0/+16"it is a Pandora's Box for sure"
I can see it now: "Failing this class? Guys: sign up and join the military. Girls: The T&A bar down the street is now accepting applications as well!" - vtbarrera, on 02/03/2009, -3/+19Watch out for those Vista ads on your next test.
- charm803, on 12/02/2008, -1/+14He should do a class business project and involve the kids on capitalism and consumerism and business.
I would. It's not a bad thing. As long as he's not selling stripper services, he had to do what she had to do because the school screwed up. - schuder, on 12/02/2008, -10/+21It's not sad, schools should be plastered with billboards to defray costs. Besides, schools that spend less per pupil often have better results like with Montessori Schools, charter schools and the like. Blaming ads is an easy substitute rather than blaming poor parenting. I don't go out and have 10 bowls of Lucky Charms because the commercials kick ass, I usually go for Kix or Life cause they're delicious too (Lucky Charms I prefer just eating the marshmellows, the grainy part is only so-so, I want an all marshmellow Lucky Charms).
- lazerus9, on 12/02/2008, -3/+14Luckily, none of the students know how to read....this would have been another distraction.
- TitoBob, on 12/03/2008, -1/+10Can the students buy an ad and put crib notes on the final?
- omjeremy, on 12/03/2008, -0/+9As a teacher, if I was told that I couldn't use the school supplies to print tests I'd say, ***** it, no more tests. I can't believe his school is in such a sorry state that they make the teacher pay for printing out tests.
- Myonosken, on 12/03/2008, -0/+9They tried it in the UK. The corporations basically got lambasted for forgetting they were dealing with kids, not employees.
- charm803, on 12/02/2008, -0/+8Didn't mean to refer to him as 'she' in the last sentence. My bad.
- diggleague, on 12/02/2008, -2/+10yet another story that I thought would take me to The Onion but didn't...
- Czechxican, on 12/03/2008, -0/+8that's what I was thinking!
LOL.
Sponsored by the slope of a line =mx+b! - ultra80, on 12/03/2008, -0/+7Do you work in a school? Do you have any idea how shockingly inefficient some things are? You mock, but implementing simple measures like duplexing, eliminating printed newsletters, handouts, et al in favor of email can add up to tremendous savings, especially when annual page counts go into the millions.
And I could come up with dozens of additional examples from transportation to computers, but the basic premise is the same: A massive increase in process efficiency can be made to reduce cost and free up funds for more productive uses. The fact that it isn't happening fast is mostly a matter of institutional inertia and resistance to change. This can be remedied but it takes strong leadership and a willingness to try. - heymike, on 12/03/2008, -0/+7LOL, I know what you are saying, but I am imagining the textbooks of the future.
Macroeconomics 101 - Brought to you by the good folks at WaMu...
Good Relations in International Trade - Sponsored by Coca Cola
Basic Algebra - Verizon Acc'ts Receivable Dep't - KSUdesigner, on 12/03/2008, -1/+7I had exams that were 5+ pages long when I was in school, in a class of 30 kids. That's 150 pages per exam. Odds are good that he teaches more than one class. If he teaches 5 classes then you're at 750 pages per exam. He only needs to give 13 exams to hit that 10,000 pages. It's really not that far-fetched.
- netneutrality, on 12/03/2008, -0/+6All school computers lock up every five minutes. It's a rule. They're always stuck in woeful screen resolutions too.
- quaxon, on 12/03/2008, -0/+6The negatives will start to come if this is adopted nationally and becomes a big thing (especially if text books become dependent on ad revenue much like what the guy above said). If one day teachers or schools become dependent on ad revenue then that means the advertisers have a lot more power and can begin dictating what should and shouldn't be taught in class, and threaten to drop funding if the teachers dont cave in. Much like what we see on TV and hear on radio.
- ryan83189, on 12/02/2008, -1/+7The businesses should put equations in their ads, the kids would love them.
- ultra80, on 12/03/2008, -0/+6I wonder if he double-sided his exams? The first thing I did in my classroom was purchase a duplexer for my laserjet 5si. It has paid for itself 100 times over in saved paper. On the other hand, I have almost never seen any other teacher do the same, from my son's kindergarten to my colleagues down the hall... The English teachers actually disallow duplexed submissions. :-(
- DatVillain83, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5corporations make their own schools, like McDonald's Hamburger University
http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career/hamburger_uni ... - whatthefu, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5Onion stories are funny and clever, not depressing.
- cubicledrone, on 12/03/2008, -5/+10In California, they spend $8000 per year per student. That's $240,000 a year per classroom. The average teacher makes about $60,000 in salary and benefits. Leaving $180,000 per classroom per year to fund the school.
And a teacher has to sell ad space on tests to pay for copies?
Here's why: In the Los Angeles Unified School District, they have 6,500 full-time off-campus administrators. - PopcornDave, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5At least it wasn't the "Draw Blinky and see if you have art talent" ad.
- therippa, on 12/03/2008, -2/+7Like that bumper sticker says...
"It'll be a great day when the Navy has to hold a bake sale to buy a new battleship and schools get all the money they need" - Nistelrooy, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5"I am a PC."
- insidiousraven, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5Thanks for that. If I could do anything about it, I would. But since all I can do is vote (which I did) Then wtf else am I supposed to do?
Please do not yell at me for something I have no control over. Its the same as me telling you to fix your health care - WafflesID, on 12/03/2008, -2/+7If GM sponsors a school and gives that school top notch equipment and funding, why the hell not?
I don't see the problem with this idea. What if a corporation buys a school? As long as they can't demand who goes there (thats what college is for) and can't demand what's being taught (forcing certain political and religious beliefs to be taught) why not?
Ok so MAYBE you get a sponsored school that has 20 times the funding of other schools, so you balance it out. So a certain percentage of the funding from the sponsor goes to the sponsored school, and you have a seperate percentage that get's split to neighboring schools so they don't get left in the dust. - Ajajadude, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5Seriously. It's kinda odd that the Consumerist would be more worried about what companies might be buying ad space and not the fact that selling ad space on a test is necessary for this teacher.
- Khast, on 12/03/2008, -2/+7This test was sponsored by Starbucks Coffee Co. , because cramming for 5 subjects could take all night.
- BuzzFriendly, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5Sports fans will hate this one, but much rather see a well funded academic program over the athletics programs any day. Makes me wonder what the football coach is pulling out of his wallet.
- cware, on 12/02/2008, -2/+7I think this is a genius idea, especially since our education budget is obviously way below par. As long as the ads are local or kid-friendly, then what is the problem? A little text along the bottom of the pages wouldn't bother me if I was a kid.
- Darkspam004, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5One day we will look back on the public school system and wonder why it didn't work out.
- Nerys, on 12/03/2008, -0/+5The negatives are long term and scary. Right now its a cool idea. What happens when they DEPEND on that advertising funding and then what happens when the advertisers begin to exert an "influence" over content and curriculum ? THAT'S the negative side and its inevitable if we go down that route.
The only possible solution is to POOL the advertising and the advertisers get no say as to where there ads go.
this has negatives too. with those conditions you will get fewer ads and they will not pay as much AND you create yet another "administration" to steal money from the system. - DIGGADEEP, on 12/03/2008, -2/+7Stop...Stare...Flirt....
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