Thursday Links
Unions to Press Chase on Modifying Additional Mortgages [NY Times] New York Congressman Resigns Over Shirtless E-Mails [NY Times] Emergency Road Work Closes Part Of Brooklyn Bridge [NY1] 15% of High School Seniors Passed an A.P. Test Last Year [City Room] State Investigating Alleged Real Estate License Violations [TRD] Activists and Engineers Work to Protect…
Unions to Press Chase on Modifying Additional Mortgages [NY Times]
New York Congressman Resigns Over Shirtless E-Mails [NY Times]
Emergency Road Work Closes Part Of Brooklyn Bridge [NY1]
15% of High School Seniors Passed an A.P. Test Last Year [City Room]
State Investigating Alleged Real Estate License Violations [TRD]
Activists and Engineers Work to Protect Plumb Beach [Daily News]
Mayor Bloomberg Says City Pothole Work is ‘Very Good’ [NY Post]
When Life Gives You Blizzards, Make a Snow Fort [NY Mag]
DEP Has Some Big Ideas For the Future [Gothamist]
The Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [WNYC]
City Loses Millions on Alt-Side Suspensions [MSNBC]
Boerum Hill Downzoning Moves Forward [CG Patch]
The Marketing of the Nets, via Translation [AY Report]
Know Your Bartender: Donald O’Finn, Freddy’s [HPS]
New Building Coming to Smith and Degraw [PMFA]
Is Williamsburg Back From ‘The Edge’? [BK Paper]
Now Open: Seven Hills Cafe [NYS]
Atlantic Ave. ‘Most Dangerous’ [Eagle]
I think anyone who thinks its ok to throw someone out of their home when they’re already down on their luck has a worse fucking problem than i have with being sanctimonious. Get over your serious “I know it all” issue.
Don’t tell me what the fuck I don’t understand. You don’t know me or shit about me. You’re so damn sanctimonious all the time. Get over yourself.
Well, then, you still don’t understand. G’day to you.
“If you’ve never gone through catastrophic life changes, become deathly ill, lost a job, or any one of a number things, you wouldn’t understand, ishtar.”
We’ve gone through this within my family. I won’t even address the rest of your post.
Good day.
“Regents exams are not as difficult as they were decades ago and the push to give passing grades to high school students is very strong.”
Really? Regents exams were a joke when I took them (all you had to do was study the red prep books) – and that was already 25+ years ago.
“We have no control over a lot of things in life. If your circumstance change to the point that you can’t afford your home with a reasonable modification, why should you keep it?”
If you’ve never gone through catastrophic life changes, become deathly ill, lost a job, or any one of a number things, you wouldn’t understand, ishtar. Trying to keep people in their homes- especially when they have invested many thousands into them, is not an entitlement- it’s smart. There are foreclosed homes all over my neighborhood and the result- they’ve been empty for years. Decaying, losing money. Places that could have housing people. Sorry but you’re wrong. Considering the amount of money the banks make and charge, and the bailout they got, they can afford to treat people in dire straits better. If they can afford to let property sit empty, they can afford to let someone live in it who can pay something.
Granted, I was in college 20 years ago, but I placed into Calc 3 via AP in high school.
The good: 8 free credits.
The bad: I was sooo far behind everyone else in the class. I wasn’t nearly prepared for it; I had to bust my ass for something like a ‘B’. Looking back, it wasn’t worth it.
In my experience, the more competitive the school, the less it helps to get AP credit. Many years ago, I went to a very competitive college in the midwest; entered as a prof chem major. Although I had taken 2 years of chem in high school and had gotten a 738 on the chemistry achievement test, I’m glad I took freshman chemistry at college since it was still a VERY challenging course for me.
The real problem is not really how many kids take and pass AP exams. It much more how well-prepared average kids, who are taking and passing regents exams, are for college level work. If they’re heading to community colleges, perhaps they can succeed there. If they’re going to 4 year colleges, even at CUNY, for example, they are just as likely as not to be overwhelmed by the science/math courses. Regents exams are not as difficult as they were decades ago and the push to give passing grades to high school students is very strong.
Black talks about this with a total lack of experience and knowledge. Every time she opens her mouth, it is an embarrassment. If she were supervising the school custodians, perhaps her appointment would be apt. As for running the schools, she clueless and useless.
my ghetto ass high school did not offer a single AP class!!
*rob*