<p>Black 8th graders in TX tied for first with MA in math. Overall TX ranked 18th.</p>
<p>Black 4th graders ranked third. White fourth graders fifth and Hispanics 8th. Overall 27th.</p>
<p>The national test was given to scientifically selected 330,000 4th and 8th graders for Nation’s report card exam.</p>
<p>source: Houston Chronicle</p>
<p>No good can come of this. I am hijacking the thread right now.</p>
<p>New topic: Flowers are pretty. Discuss.</p>
<p>Agreed—I particularly like multicolored zinnias.</p>
<p>^ why. I personally was happy to know about it.</p>
<p>Segregating math examinees by race is so 19th century! Why can we not simply celebrate the accomplishments of each student individually without lumping them into ethnic groupings?</p>
<p>^ Great point glido</p>
<p>Nope. You’ve got to read the article more carefully. Black Texas 8th graders tied with Massachusetts black 8th graders. Their score was 272. White Texas 8th graders scored 301; MA white 8th graders did better than that.</p>
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<p>I’m a big fan of gladiolas in the summer. When I first got married, I used to go to the local farmers markets on Saturday mornings and because they are labeled “glads” I actually thought that was the name of the flower for a couple of months. My mother thought this was hillarious. Still, they do make me glad.</p>
<p>i love petunias and magnolias
but lilacs are my FAVORITE</p>
<p>Lilacs are my favorite as well. I can never get them for my birthday in late February…yet they are all over just a few weeks later.</p>
<p>You guys crack me up. :)</p>
<p>I’m also partial to the lilacs although in my garden I’m big on the ornamental grasses, hide a lot of sins.</p>
<p>hollyhocks are a sentimental favorite. And daisies always make me smile.</p>
<p>A rose by any other name</p>
<p>They are not long, the days of wine and roses</p>
<p>Thar’s a yeller rose of Texas, I’m goin’ thar to see</p>
<p>Peace Lilies are where it’s at.</p>
<p>I love gerbera daisies and orchids. I have a potted orchid which I bought in May, and it’s still in bloom. I got it for $12.99 at Ikea, of all places. And carnations! I’m fond of carnations; they come in so many colors, and I like their spicy scent, too. If I confessed to liking white tulips in a glass pitcher on the piano in the spring, would I be chased off this thread?</p>
<p>poetgrl, your farmer’s market tale reminds me of another, in which a worker at a store asked another the name of a flower, got a reply, and dutifully wrote on the sign “Damifino” along with a price.</p>
<p>I have heard that feeding marigolds to hens causes their yolks to be bright orange!</p>
<p>In a recent head to head competition, Texas black dahlias and Mass. black dahlias both received the same score!</p>
<p>How insidious and downright spiteful. Disagreement with the original poster shouldn’t invoke such malice.</p>
<p>I don’t see any malice here; I do see a garden. I like daffodils a lot, all different kinds.</p>