Mike Marion wrote:
This reply isn't actually to Paul, but it was one of the latest messages
in this massive thread.. and I picked it.
I often do the same. :)
I can't really keep up with this thread at all right now, so maybe this
was already posted, but I find the timing of this to be right on:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpaclu0319pnmar19,0,1293751.story
I'll now scamper away and see if the flames continue to rise on the
horizon... :P
In Jr. High I knew a kid that never graduated. He kept flunking. He was
given every chance by the school, he just couldn't, or wouldn't, learn.
He got too old for Jr. high and could no longer attend. IFAIK he ended
up working in his parents pet store.
The point is, there is too much emphasis on pushing kids out the door.
Give them a diploma so our graduation rates are higher and the State is
happy. Who cares if they actually *learned* anything.
When I went to school, if yo didn't pass muster, you didn't pass. I knew
kids that never graduated and actually got Fs. I know many kids now that
should not have graduated, but did, and have turned out the worse for it.
The measurement for graduation rates should have no bearing on time
except within the constraints of the individual I spoke of above. He was
several years older than the oldest 8th grader. He'd flunked 8th grade
at least three times that I remember. It was time for him to move on and
get special schooling or something.
PGA
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