----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Goodwin" <a.goodwin1@xxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: OT Mississippi astronomers >The AIMS test is a > mistake, it is forcing the teachers to teach students to pass the test > and not to think independently. I disagree. There must be standards that every student must be able to meet. Somebody like your daughter would have had no problem passing the AIMS test and I doubt studying to pass it would have hurt her ability to think independantly. Jon Christensen -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.