My own children have Regents diplomas with honors, the most recent awarded this past June. I have a Regents diploma with honors, as do my siblings and my mother and her siblings. Somehow our family has been passing Regents exams for over 60 years with an average grade of 90 or above. Yes, my children and I went to private schools, but my mom�s generation went to Riverside, McKinley, South Park and Buffalo Tech.
So, explain to me please, exactly what is new about these standards?
Joan Goehrig
Buffalo
Buffalo News 11/10/03
Hi. My name is Joan Goehrig and I am an upper class elitist. New York State tells me that I am very smart, by giving me a Regents High School diploma with Honors, but the construct of my argument proves otherwise. First off, I down play the role private school played in my remarkable high school success, ignoring that tests like these tend to measure socio-economic status better than how much one learns in a year, ability, or intelligence. Secondly, to overcome the fact that I went to private school, I compare current high school students with my mother who graduated high school 60 years ago, failing to acknowledge regents exams have changed several times since then.
Nicky C
