I think this is happening all over. We are not allowed to retain
students. It is hard to hold students accountable when they don't care
about their grade.
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> On 3/29/09, Tatum8567 wrote:
>> I understand what you are saying. I teach middle school and
>> they can't create a sentence much less write an essay. I see
>> how the students are struggling and lose interest in school
>> altogether. I know the schools I have worked in believed in
>> social promotion and students knew they would go on without
>> being held accountable. I also understand that NCLB was
>> supposed to help with that but someone needs to realize that
>> teachers and schools are not the only responsible ones in the
>> education process. Students and parents need to take on some
>> responsibility.
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>> On 2/23/09, Surprise wrote:
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>>> I really admire your willingness to take the problem on.
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>>> This is exactly why NCLB came about. It's just that those at
>>> the lower levels still cannot see any accountability in their
>>> actions. Remember, blame the parents, blame the students,
>>> never look at thyself. That will get you and through the
>>> day. Said sarcastically, of course.
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>>> On 1/22/09, Teachaustin wrote:
>>>> I am a high school teacher with illiterate students in her
>>>> class. These students have somehow made it into my 11th
>>>> grade English class without learning to write sentences!
>>>> I am not exaggerating. Here are some examples of students'
>>>> work:
>>>> We just be chillin in everthing all Saturday
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>>>> I have a good personality to keep the relationship going.
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>>>> I no what I wont form a relacionschip.
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>>>> I can be mean but I can be nice when I want if I like some
>>>> body or not it depens on the people cause if I like you I am
>>>> nice and if I dont then I am not.
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>>>> These are 16-17 year old students in a Junior level class.
>>>> My question is not if I should help them. That is an
>>>> obvious YES. My question is: how on earth did they progress
>>>> to the 11th grade without learning how to write simple
>>>> sentences?
>>>> 10 teachers before me had many opportunities to help these
>>>> students. If they did not learn the skills they were
>>>> supposed to learn, why did they pass that grade level?!
>>>> If a student in the 5th grade does not master 5th grade
>>>> level skills, why are they passed to 6th grade?
>>>> This had to have happened to my students, because here they
>>>> are, Juniors in high school and they cannot even write
>>>> sentences.
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>>>> I would love for someone to please explain to me how my
>>>> students reached the 11th grade without the skills they
>>>> should have learned in the lower grades?
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>>>> Are they now passing my 11th grade class? NO!
>>>> They are not passing because they cannot correctly complete
>>>> 11th grade level work! You do not pass an 11th grade class
>>>> because you show up or because you write a string of
>>>> meaningless words down on paper and try to pass it off as an
>>>> essay.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone, anyone, please tell me what happened? What is
>>>> happening now? Where do we expect these teenagers to end
>>>> up if they cannot even write a sentence correctly? If they
>>>> do not know words such as appeal, ingrain, deliberately,
>>>> convey, and govern by the time they are 17?

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