<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Conn. students who pass their final AP tests next year will earn $100 : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>58540</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58540/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Conn. students who pass their final AP tests next year will earn $100]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part of a $451,000 grant. God I wish they did this sort of stuff when I was in school. But isn't getting the grade and getting into a good school supposed to be reward enough?]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>97</score><crdate>4/16/2008 1:01:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-16T13:01:14+01:00</atomdate></link><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/wtf-/l/58540/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (6)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/wtf-/l/58540-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/wtf-/l/58540-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/wtf-/l/58540-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/wtf-/l/58540/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>240599</id><url>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/l/58540/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[bcgrote @ 4/17/2008 4:50:57 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Really.  It saved me money.  I took and passed AP English, so I don't have to take freshman english, or even any english depending on the major I choose.  LOL, I graduated in '83, I might get that BA some time... except I don't want a degree in Engineering....]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/17/2008 4:50:57 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-17T04:50:57+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>240144</id><url>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/l/58540/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[eyezick @ 4/16/2008 3:58:35 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/wtf-/l/58540/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>TheShirtPocket</b> : How does any of that apply in any way to this story?  I'm sorry but I just can't see it.</i></div>dude. i never make sense. that's how i roll...]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/16/2008 3:58:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-16T15:58:35+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>240089</id><url>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/l/58540/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[TheShirtPocket @ 4/16/2008 3:12:36 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/wtf-/l/58540/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>eyezick</b> : looks like the 'No Child Left Behind' program is working as planned. dumb us all down to the prescribed level of ignorance so we can be fleeced and slaughtered at the whim of our masters.</i></div>How does any of that apply in any way to this story?  I'm sorry but I just can't see it.]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/16/2008 3:12:36 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-16T15:12:36+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>240053</id><url>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/l/58540/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[lkrofct @ 4/16/2008 2:37:24 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Damn, and I took an AP test last year in Connecticut.<br/><br/>...Although, I wasn't in that school.]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/16/2008 2:37:24 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-16T14:37:24+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>240046</id><url>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/l/58540/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[mennufer @ 4/16/2008 2:29:06 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/wtf-/l/58540/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>eyezick</b> : looks like the 'No Child Left Behind' program is working as planned. dumb us all down to the prescribed level of ignorance so we can be fleeced and slaughtered at the whim of our masters.</i></div>No, it's not &quot;No Child Left Behind&quot;.  Advanced Placement (AP) classes are college-level courses taken by high school students.  If the student gets a 4 or a 5 on the exam, he/she can get college credit for the course.  Trust me, these are not your average high school classes.  <br/><br/>By the way, this whole &quot;cash for AP exams&quot; thing isn't new.  I got what amounted to a full refund for the AP exams I did well in, and that was more than 10 years ago.]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/16/2008 2:29:06 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-16T14:29:06+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>240018</id><url>http://www.plime.com/wtf-/l/58540/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[eyezick @ 4/16/2008 1:57:01 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[looks like the 'No Child Left Behind' program is working as planned. dumb us all down to the prescribed level of ignorance so we can be fleeced and slaughtered at the whim of our masters.]]></content><score></score><crdate>4/16/2008 1:57:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-16T13:57:01+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>