OT: How Kenny Hilliard (LSU Commit) Learned to Read
This is a good article about Kenny Hilliard, a 6' 220 pound running back committed to LSU. He was reading at an elementary school level when he reached HS and because of this, was placed on the GED track. He did not accept that and worked to get back on track.
Its nice to see a kid take academics seriously and work so hard to improve.
**Edit: Forgot the link:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=6021570
January 14th, 2011 at 12:51 PM ^
I am seeing no link
**Edit: fixed
January 14th, 2011 at 12:51 PM ^
Nice misleading thead banner there champ. I came poised to post all sorts of sarcastic snarky comments only to see you meant in his past, not today.
And you may wish to include a link or something to reference the article you are talking about.
Just a thought.
January 14th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
You are grumpy these days. There is link...look hard...its that thing at the bottom. It appears right after:
**Edit: forgot the Link
See that??
January 14th, 2011 at 1:36 PM ^
Lets be fair here. You changed and clarified the header and added the link. My comments were completely accurate (although mispelled) until you corrected the post.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
Not quite. I did update the header once you said something. However, the link was there when you posted. I added the link right after I created the thread, before you commented. But yes, you are correct that I had a bad title. Sorry for the snark.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:58 PM ^
Agreed fellow snarker. Nice post all the same.....
January 14th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
thead? There isn't a table in his post.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:00 PM ^
It's frightening to me that any public school system can get a kid that far along at such a minimal reading level.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^
Happens all too often unfortunately. I work in a public school as does my wife, there are students in the 5th grade that are reading at 1st grade levels and have 2nd grade math skills. The average ACT score for the high school here is 17 and the highest GPA in the school is 3.6.
Granted we work in a high need area but it is still scary to see how many kids just get passed on through the system.
January 14th, 2011 at 4:03 PM ^
in the East St. John the Baptist Parish public schools for two years, trust me, you don't know the 1/2 of it.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:09 PM ^
didnt see any test scores mentioned.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:10 PM ^
Nice story, but how in the world could a kid that could barely read graduate early? Sounds like maybe the whole cycle was passed thru again. Yeah he can finally read what now? Let's just call him graduated and get him to LSU asap.
Geaux Tigers!!!
This is why we need a schematic advantage.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:10 PM ^
This is a great story. This kid reminds me of Brandon Minor. He has some rage in him.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:42 PM ^
OMG I just spent the last five minutes laughing uncontrollably. I had to show several people I work with because they were wondering WTF was wrong with me.
Well played.
January 14th, 2011 at 2:10 PM ^
+1 to you sir. This gave me a good laugh.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:13 PM ^
Maybe he can tutor his teammate Ridley.
January 14th, 2011 at 1:54 PM ^
Eh, I'll like the story without any snark about the guy getting special treatment. I really hate how public schools can vary so wildly in quality that someone can get to high school without being able to read. I do appreciate the guts that someone has to learn with elementary schoolers, because they were that far behind.
January 14th, 2011 at 2:10 PM ^
As someone who works in a public school I am not sure what special treatment you are talking about. If it is being passed until he reached HS than I would disagree that that was special treatment. That was a bunch of teachers doing a great disservice to this student. If it was letting him do the special program, I would also disagree this was special treatment. He had to go down to an elementary school in order to participate in this program. That is the school making up for failing this student, not special treatment.