ok, I'm a terrible person, I'm sorry. I can't post regularly to save my life. But to help with that, I am going to start posting some of my assignments that I write about, because you can pretend that they are interesting too. so without further adu...
Name one common practice in schools that you would like to change. Describe why and how you would make the change.
My wife is a middle school music teacher for TUSD and I was pretty shocked when she told me about this awhile back. Her middle school and others, regularly promote children on to high school even if the child has failed one or more of their core classes. The way she explained to me how they get away with it is this: There is no standard credits for admittance to high school. High schools want kids to have taken math, science, reading, etc, however there is no mandate saying that they had to have passed any of those classes. My wife told me of a mother who last year had to beg the school board to hold her daughter back because she failed SIX out of SEVEN classes her eighth grade year. She obviously was not ready for high school however the middle school was willing to say she was. It also doesn't help that TUSD is an open district, meaning that parents can choose which school to send their children to. Shiny 100% promotion rates help make the schools look smarter or more successful than they actually are. What a school won't tell you is that everyone was premoted because no one COULD fail. How would I fix this? It wouldn't be with an entrance exam to high school, I deplore standardized testing. I would simply just require every student have a passing grade in the core subjects before they could attend high school. If summer school is needed for the child to raise the grade, then so be it. It's what they would tell the child to do in high school anyway...
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Well written. I guess there must have been an entrance exam for Desert because they had me take algebra I in summer school before I started as a freshman. That, or they just decided that based on my math grades from Jr High, which I'm pretty sure were no lower than a C. Either way, I loved that summer class, and math became one of my favorite subjects in High School.
Do you remember how they assessed us for admittance to Desert?
There was a test. I only remember that because I had to sit behind Ashley D and she commented on how she liked my shoes. Is your phone working properly now Andrew? I called you and left a message about something last week and I dont remember what it was anymore, but I know I felt it was rather important. Also, we have not made hotel reservations yet, but are going to soon, and my address is 8450 E Old Spanish Trail #150 Tucson Az, 85710
I had to get a new phone, but I've had it for a while. So gimme a call-a-roonie.
I regret phrasing it like that.
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