Yegods!

Students can draw English answersMarch 18, 2006
ENGLISH school students in Western Australia could pass their final-year exam without reading a book or being able to spell, punctuate or use correct grammar.The new Year 12 English exam instead asks students to compare posters for the films Spider-Man 2 and Gandhi, and to analyse a piece of their own writing rather than accepted greats such as Shakespeare or George Orwell.
The sample exam for the new general English course just released for the West Australian Certificate of Education says students can draw answers and are not required to use grammatically correct sentences.
"Student responses can also be given in dot-point format, diagrams or other suitable alternatives to continuous prose," the marking key says.
"Student responses should not be penalised for poor spelling, punctuation, grammar or handwriting, unless these are elements ... specifically being assessed."
The first Year 12 exams in the new English course will be sat next year and the state's Curriculum Council said the sample paper, designed by a panel of teachers, industry and university members, was representative of future exams.
But an English head teacher at a Perth Catholic school, who did not wish to be identified, said students could get away with studying snatches of text such as posters and CD covers, and were not required to study full-length serious texts.
(http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18507575%255E2702,00.html)


At a time when employers are voicing serious concerns about the abysmal levels of literacy among young job applicants, teachers and academics produce this pile of rubbish.
The "education" system is effectively cutting thousands of kids off from the core influences that have shaped Western thought and values.
Deliberate, or just laziness?

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