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At least in the US there is the concept of classes as denoted: AP, honors, standard. If I child can’t pass the standard class threshold, then fine, fail them.
by dgfitz 3y ago
At least in the US there is the concept of classes as denoted: AP, honors, standard. If I child can’t pass the standard class threshold, then fine, fail them.
I imagine most of us remember being in high school and there was always that kid in _every_ class that gave the teacher a hard time, caused distractions, etc.
There are, imho, two ways to handle that. Either drop the hammer on the kid, or do a home a visit. Or perhaps, both.
If the home visit shows the kid is just a jerk, keep dropping the hammer. If the kid has a shit home life, I imagine that 38k/yr could be spent in much better ways.
- AnthonyMouse 3y ago> If I child can’t pass the standard class threshold, then fine, fail them. Now suppose the child has a medical condition and they have to spend half their time in the hospital getting treatment. Or they have a mental health condition and the meds only work until they build up a tolerance and then they have to switch medications and spend three months in a stupor trying to find another one that works. They can pass the standard classes if you give them twice as long, but then they're learning one semester's worth of material every two semesters. What do you want to do with them?
- zdragnar 3y ago> If I child can’t pass the standard class threshold, then fine, fail them. There's something of a trend of reporting on schools where zero (literally zero) students are capable of doing math at grade level. I think it started with (or at least became prominent) when Baltimore was revealed to have 23 schools in that category, though it isn't alone. Though COVID has been taking the blame, the situation has been getting worse in the years since. Even if these kids graduate, they have been failed by the adults who are responsible for them.