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If you read the article, it is actually a fair point they're making to assume that if you go from Algebra I to Algebra II, that well, you probably aren't failing. This seems more a case of a school system that messed up, as opposed to solely individual responsibility issues.
Bingo...while this student obviously didn't try, as anyone can pass these classes if they just try, there is no reason he should have been promoted when he failed the first time.
How often did he request teacher guidance if he was struggling in courses?
Our school allowed students to have one free period to request special studies to improve their learning skills , usually peer to peer support to help the student . Or a teacher's aide.
It was ultimately the students responsibility to ask for help. The teacher no doubt addressed these concerns ea h marking period.
I think this mother is a source of the problem if she thinks the school failed.
According to the link, mother does not seem to grasp her role in the outcome.
Did she spend 4 years taking her son’s word that all was well?
The differences between the school records and mother’s , in terms of contact means someone is not being truthful. Did school administrators forge records or is mama lying or both?
both his mom and the school district are at fault here. They didn't do their jobs. This poor kid is screwed for life I can't help think its only a matter of time before he ends up in a jail cell or dead. Another human life wasted because well why? We didn't want to enforce curriculum and discipline for his entire time in school because of fears of racism, hurting the kids ego or just simple laziness on the part of the school system?
Perhaps no one just wants to take responsibility anymore for anything. i.e. not my responsibility to raise MY kid properly, not my responsibility to do MY job and teach him etc...
Perhaps the US should give guardians/parents the option of some sort of pre-military school for students who show to be incompatible with the school system for whatever reasons. For example if a student’s GPA falls into the bottom 2-3% nationally — parents have the option of going the military route (assuming the child is physically and mentally healthy).
Perhaps a military compromised of capable people who would’ve otherwise fell into the prison system or drugs.
The actual military school part may cost society money but I bet it pays huge dividends with less drugs, murder, prison lifers, etc.
So, instead of a school-to-prison, we now have a school-to-war pipeline. How did that work out in Vietnam......?
What happened to the kid is a total systematic failure.
Lol, yep. My public school district spends about $20k/student annually and has terrible results. Catholic schools in my area spend less than half that and have vastly better outcomes. Time to break the coddled teacher unions stranglehold on education. Vouchers time has come.
Lol, yep. My public school district spends about $20k/student annually and has terrible results. Catholic schools in my area spend less than half that and have vastly better outcomes. Time to break the coddled teacher unions stranglehold on education. Vouchers time has come.
Oddly people are clamoring to get their kids back in them
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