User profile: vaughnet

Joined: Sept. 21, 2008

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Posted on: Teachers do a 180 for sake of grants

This is really bad news and no one seems to really care (except teachers).

Tying teacher pay to test scores may seem like a reasonable thing to do, but once you talk to a current educator about the state of the education system you'll quickly realize that it is the worst possible measure of teacher performance. Teachers that decide to stay in the classroom will be forced to teach to an arbitrary test. Say goodbye to any critical thinking skills. The great majority care only about their child's education as far as getting them to the next grade. Very few actually spend time with their children outside the classroom going over homework. In fact, most parents complain about their children having homework... but you're going to tie that child's performance to teacher pay?

(Suggest removal) 11/25/09 at 6:32 a.m.

Posted on: UNLV vs. San Diego State

That shot of the Rebel Girl falling pretty much sums things up. Great photos yet again!

(Suggest removal) 3/12/09 at 7:13 p.m.

Posted on: LIVE DAY ONE BLOG: Wyoming caps quarterfinals with day's first upset

The conference deserves four bids... Utah, BYU, New Mexico, and SDSU. We can hang our hat on that Louisville win all day long, but there's no way we deserve to go instead of those four teams. It is a disappointment to be sure, but this latest loss isn't the reason. The losses at TCU and CSU along with back-to-back home losses early in the year against solid, but not great, teams did us in.

(Suggest removal) 3/12/09 at 7:07 p.m.

Posted on: Rudd's guardian: UNLV has '60-40' chance at ex-Findlay player

He should hope that the Rebels are 60/40 in even wanting him on the squad. Kruger is quick to get rid of problems and I can't see that staff putting forth the effort to bring a problem in. Obviously, we don't know exactly what went down other than it wasn't related to academics and he was asked to apologize to the team, which he refused to do.

He's a brilliant basketball player, but do the Rebels need a problem in the locker room, particularly with the departure of what leadership we did have. Someone always steps into that role, but it's not always obvious who will.

There are plenty of good kids that can play ball and be good teammates. I would rather see us spend the time and energy on one of those guys.

(Suggest removal) 3/7/09 at 12:42 p.m.

Posted on: Adaptation or 'disaster'?

Deeply embarrassing for the construction industry in Las Vegas. It is unfortunate that most of the country will know the development only as the "one that cut the building in half."

(Suggest removal) 2/12/09 at 11:34 a.m.

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