News, A Look at Why So Many Kids in the U.S. Are Dropping Out of School. (degree, public school)
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I think the second reason (teen pregnancy) is due to a lack of parental guidance. To sum it up, the article blames parents as the reason kids drop out of school. Does this surprise anyone?
*gasp* You mean it's not the teachers' fault? (My apologies for the sarcasm; I'm just fed up with the general public blaming teachers for everything and then saying the teachers are whining when they point out the importance of parental support).
*gasp* You mean it's not the teachers' fault? (My apologies for the sarcasm; I'm just fed up with the general public blaming teachers for everything and then saying the teachers are whining when they point out the importance of parental support).
Nope. It's the parents fault for providing their children with horrible learning environments, including horrible teachers. Horrible teachers do exist.... as do excellent ones.
It's similar to how if a corporation has a loss, it's the CEOs fault. If a Football team performs horribly, it's the coaches fault.
Analogy failure. People are responsible for their own actions, even high school students who get pregnant. I see the other reason is lack of parental encouragement, which may be correct. However, I think there are very few parents who don't want their kids to graduate from high school.
The difference is that we track the rates now where we really didn't. I also wonder if those countries "beating" us using the same statistics and tracking as we do.
As far as pregnant girls dropping out, it's not for lack of mandated school supports such as required tutoring and Home and Hospital teachers.
The difference is that we track the rates now where we really didn't. I also wonder if those countries "beating" us using the same statistics and tracking as we do.
And this argument has been hashed out, ad nausem. In countries we are compared to, IMHO there are 2 main differences that stand out:
1. In many of those countries, only the brightest attend public school. All the others are Left Behind. All kids in the US start out in school and are part of our testing that measures and compares us.
2. In many of those countries, students aren't tested to death. They may have 1 assessment instrument that is reliable and valid. At least in my school, we have 4 huge standardized assessments students take and are measured by. Leaves little time in the classroom to teach the relevant content.
But what does the US's answer seem to be to this disparity? More testing; after all, that IS the path to accountabiity, right? (sarcasm )
Ther are no blanket answers to the problem ,
Every one of us have a different learning capability in spicific areas . But the system of schools do not personalize the students expirence,they can't .
We couldn't afoard it indefinately but our kids were in a ACE (accelerated christian education), school .
There were no grade levels ,the students went through the books at the level they could achieve, with out comparisson to other students, and I have to say the results were significant .
I would have loved to go to a school like this when I was a kid .
I had lots of problems , a little slow on the up take. I can't memorize answers ,I have to understand the principles that provide the right answers . I hated english because it breaks it's own rules . math was tough and history was a complete waste of time . and I did have some really bad teachers,seriously bad.
The evidence of history proved, no one learned any thing from knowing it to begin with.
And on one hand you have military the are sworne to up hold the constitution, and a government that is trying to dissolve it . Something is seriously twisted here.
As far as the drop out rate , I can certianly understand it .
The govenrnment is doing all they can to snatch hope from the people,inspite of the things they say.
Actions speak louder than words .
What kind of hope is there for the future generations, when environmentalists alone have so much pull, business are leaving the country just to stay afloat ,not to mention state taxing that is opressive .
Do you know stores are taxed for product sitting on the shelf even if it was paid for the year before.
It is why certian sales are pushed before tax time.this is abusive.
With more and more liberal hand outs for those that won't work , what is the encentive to work ? even if you could find it.
The dollar is dropping in value like a stone ,but wages are not keeping up ,the whole economic system is on melt down ,so what exactly are your hoping to do with a collage degree ?
Most of the people I have ever known in my 62 years have NOT gotten a job in the field they went to collage for.
It was a complete waste of time an money and that is a fact.
Now having a degree is impressive to some folk in getting a job , but it is a whole different matter KEEPING a job where that degree actually applies.
Drop out Kids that get jobs now, have something their piers don't , currently working, expirence, and a reference to prove it.
And that is what lands jobs .
The times ahead are far darker than the media will let you see but if I were hiring , I would hire the drop out and let him prove him self , He will discover the information valuable to him to learn and choose his own encentive to learn and better him self.
Personally I'd rather see a lot of tetnical schools after grammer school, let a kid figure out what they like doing and what it takes to get there.
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