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Re: This very interesting and very important thread
Posted by Catsister on 5/19/08
What's interesting is that the worst students are put in the
hardest classes. I once worked as a sub at the worst public HS you
can imagine. Kids would roam the halls, break into my class and
call me racist names, throw things at me, I'd have maybe 8 kids
out of supposedly 30 that were registered in the class show up--it
was a pit. Most of the kids were "9th grade repeaters"--they got
to 9th grade and didn't get out, ever. The principal wanted all students that made it to 12th grade (some
at age 22-23) to take physics and calculus. Can you imagine how
these subjects must have been watered down? Even the so-called
seniors were pretty bad. To go to vo-tech, you had to demonstrate all these qualities. You
had to have at least pretty good grades, good attendance, clean
discipline record, etc. So to sum it up: A juvenile delinquent who cuts class, throws
things, fighst in the hall and threatends people gets physics and
calculus, (so that they can go to MIT, I guess.) A student with a good record, good grades, positive attitude,
etc.: learns how to fix something so they don't have to go to
college. Makes sense? If they really put the kids who had little academic interest or
ability into vo-tech where they could learn a skill, and let CP
classes be for kids who really demonstrated some aptitude/interest
for book learning, we'd be a lot better off. Unfortunately,
education is becoming overrun with political correctness. They're now demanding in my state that all students pass a
standardized biology test, no matter what level they are at
(including special ed, as I understand it). From what I also
understand, the test focuses on some the hardest aspects of bio--
genetics, biochemistrty and evolution, stuff that I didn't get
until college (and I majored in biology.) I can't imagine why a
student with no plans to become a geneticist, paleontologist or
doctor would need to pass this to get a diploma. I imagine most
won't, and all the bio teachers without tenure will get fired. . .
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/15/08, by BMoreTeacher.
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/15/08, by Rodeo.
- Re: A question. , 5/16/08, by L. Swilley .
- Re: Further on this interesting case , 5/16/08, by L. Swilley .
- Re: NCLB, 5/16/08, by LbP.
- Re: A question. , 5/16/08, by What????.
- Re: NCLB, 5/16/08, by Rodeo.
- Re: A question. , 5/17/08, by ACP.
- Re: Thanks, ACP, 5/17/08, by L. Swilley .
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/17/08, by Sara.
- Re: NCLB, 5/17/08, by to Rodeo.
- Re: Further on this interesting case / completely agree, 5/17/08, by Sara.
- Re: Thanks, ACP, 5/17/08, by ACP.
- Re: Further on this interesting case , 5/17/08, by I agree.
- Re: A question. , 5/17/08, by To ACP.
- Re: A question. , 5/17/08, by ACP.
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/17/08, by BMorePeachy.
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/17/08, by think of the workplace.
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/18/08, by high school English teacher.
- Re: This very interesting and very important thread, 5/18/08, by L. Swilley .
- Re: A question - tracking students early on , 5/18/08, by BTrack.
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/18/08, by history teacher.
- Re: This very interesting and very important thread, 5/18/08, by history teacher.
- Re: This very interesting and very important thread, 5/18/08, by BMoreTeacher .
- Re: Administrators changing seniors grades!, 5/18/08, by history teacher.
- Re: This very interesting and very important thread, 5/19/08, by Catsister.
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