Here’s a story for all you education reform advocates, one that should really give you pause. A high school in
But, they didn’t, and of course, as you might have expected, some parents are up in arm, and are demanding the requirements be non-binding. The school staff evidently has a collective spine, as well as balls, because they are refusing, as they put it, to lower their standards.
This is really incredible. I mean, how fucking hard can it be? It’s not like they were being requested to produce a volume on the level of a college graduate student thesis. This is more on the fucking level of “What I Did For My Summer Vacation.”
It’s no fucking wonder, to me, that American kids are falling steadily behind students of other nations in Math and Science. I give it ten years, and American students are going to be significantly behind kids from
IN MOTHRFUCKING ENGLISH!!!
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This is no surprise to me, sadly. I'm glad they're sticking to their guns. Most public schools won't because they're worried about being sued or missing their state quota. But, some children should be left behind.
What most people miss is, they are left behind anyway. Just passing them to another grade undeservedly is doing them no favors.
Oh, we realize this. Every year, we get a fresh batch of college freshmen, at least 30% of whom can't seem to read. Mall University is pretty indulgent towards them, but imagine the sinking feeling of asking your students to read a one-page article and write down what the article was saying, and then finding that 30-50% of them don't know. Trust me, they're way behind students from those countries already.
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