What planet is John Kerry on?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:47pm

He claims that 53% of children don't graduate high school. Thanks goodness he isn't our president!

More Kerry Crap

Updated On: 2/1/06 at 12:47 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:52pm

He makes one error in a interview and you don't think he should be President.

Yet, Bush makes errors left and right in speeches, interviews, etc. and you just LOVE him.

Who's living on some bizarre planet?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:59pm

jerby......I don't even respond to goths posts anymore.....as they are so ridiculous.......

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:04pm

I know. It's so easy and moronic, I'd swear goth was a liberal in disguise.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:05pm

"jerby......I don't even respond to goths posts anymore.....as they are so ridiculous....... "

You just did.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:07pm

Well, Elphaba, it looks like he got you. Oooo Oooo

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:12pm

And actually he was not responding to you...he was responding to JRB.
Updated On: 2/1/06 at 01:12 PM

[Kringas]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:13pm

Did Kerry at least pronounce "gradudate" correctly? I bet he did.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:14pm

good point, Erik! Elphaba was not responding to goth. He did not get you.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 1:49pm

Is our children learning, Goth? Is they?

[BSoBW3]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:43pm

I don't see why you all ALWAYS have to knock someone for their beliefs.

[theatreboi11]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:46pm

They aren't knocking goth's beliefs, they are knocking goth's stupidity! Huge difference.

Updated On: 2/1/06 at 02:46 PM

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:55pm

Actually, in some LA school districts, that number is probably accurate.

Especially in poor and minority areas.

"The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, in conjunction with UCLA, produced a controversial report last spring saying that official dropout statistics in California's largest school districts were shockingly out of sync with reality. The researchers found that only 48% of the L.A. Unified students who started ninth grade in 1999 graduated four years later. The district claims a graduation rate of 66%."

That is 52% who started 9th grade. How many more who dropped out before 9th grade?
Back to Basics: Why Does High School Fail So Many?

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:09pm

The school I work in has a 52% graduation rate.

[Anakela]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:53pm

Hey, YouWantIt- I am loving that L.A.Times feature on high school graduation this week! Very interesting piece.

I always thought those numbers were/all so subjective- my former high school supposedly has a 79% graduation rate according to the Dept of Education's website, yet the newspaper there in a story just last week said that in my old home state "For every 100 public school students in ninth grade, 65 students graduate four years later," my old high school is a 'not met/school choice' in the No Child Left Behind program, and anecdotally I can tell you that my freshman class had over 600 students, and 4 years later my graduation had just under 300 students (highest dropout and teen pregnancy rates in the state!).

So I really have no problem believing that 53% don't graduate.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 7:09pm

boy uwant, you are right on the money........I deal with LAUSD constantly, and the difference between mini-districts, and even schools within the same mini-district is astounding......

[moowithme111105]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 7:16pm

No one ever said the did or didn't like Bush, they just said Kerry is a complete idiot.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 7:19pm

But is Kerry really a complete idiot? Especially compared to Shrubya? Please.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 7:51pm

Well, his college grades were quite comparable to Shrubya's...it doesn't look too promising...



and that stat is just so clearly wrong. how could he have messed that up?

sometimes I sit around wondering if I can think of any politician that I can truly admire...it's difficult.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 8:42pm

I truly admire Barack Obama

http://obama.senate.gov/

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 8:51pm

Adults over 25 in 2003 which are the ones mentioned in the census stats graduated from High School under Clinton.

It does not make Kerry right with the low number, but I think it is important to point out. Bush's policy did not create the number.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 9:09pm

I just find it interesting that Kerry is wrong with his numbers twice in one week. Thinking there were enough votes to filibuster Alito and now this. If he's thinking of running in 2008, he should present himself as being more on target.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 9:45pm

But, apparently nowhere near target has worked for your dude, dude...

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 9:51pm

gee Goth, at least kerry can speak proper english, which Adolf Bush can not......talk about someone making a fool of themself in public over, and over, and over......

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 10:02pm

"jerby......I don't even respond to goths posts anymore.....as they are so ridiculous......."

"gee Goth, at least kerry can speak proper english"

Elphaba, please try to make up your mind. I don't care if you respond to my posts or not, I'm just concerned about your mental health. All this flip flopping can't be healthy.