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This opinion is FALSE, sorry lol... She was i deed an honor student. So, your opinion, even if a student aces test or grades, its more about time served, not about qualuty? If this was the case then students that never missed a day should be honor students, not ones that actally excel in academics... You should not be leaning conservative lol...
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I see the typos, but thats just this I Pad acting stupid
At my vo-tech if you miss 10 days, be those days 'excused' or not, you're dropped. Not from a given class, no, you're dropped from the program, out, and it doesn't matter why you missed those days.There was a another thread all about that kid which is why I ignored it. But I will say the same thing I said in that thread. If you miss X amount of days at work when you're suppose to be there in the adult world what happens?
You get fired. Even if you do good work.
Vo-tech, if it means the same thing it used to, is a different deal because the class is mostly hands on, it's not academic. Many college science courses have labs, which are also pretty much mandatory since they're a big part of your grade and you have to perform the experiment. But a good student can ace a math or English course and never set foot in the classroom except to take the tests.At my vo-tech if you miss 10 days, be those days 'excused' or not, you're dropped. Not from a given class, no, you're dropped from the program, out, and it doesn't matter why you missed those days.
You're also placed on academic probation for the next semester you're enrolled, which means you can't get federal aid.
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This is a big reason why students try to bring children to class when other arrangement's can't be made. Missing a day simply isn't an option.
You have it correct. Very hands-on. The one I attend offers a degree form of most courses, but it's just an associates.Vo-tech, if it means the same thing it used to, is a different deal because the class is mostly hands on, it's not academic. Many college science courses have labs, which are also pretty much mandatory since they're a big part of your grade and you have to perform the experiment. But a good student can ace a math or English course and never set foot in the classroom except to take the tests.
I think few people really think teachers only care about teachers profits. Remember that this was not an union action. It was you trying to change local policies for one school.
However, I can understand very well why the principal repealed the policy. Your policy failed. 1/3 of the students failed, and that is totally unacceptable. And many of these students are not going to learn their lesson. They are going to drop out, or do the same next year. The problem with your policy is this. If you breach the 15 day limit, then there is no point in attending school.
The aim was legitimate, but next time you need to think about the unintended consequences of your policies.
When I was in high school I got suspended for skipping a bunch of days. Basically I got an extended vacation. They should have made my punishment be at school. Suspending me only gave me more of what I wanted.
Heres my experience with Truancy, I was head of security for a large Alternative HS in NJ after retiring. The school was full of kids that had failed or been tossed out of regular HS for everything from Atrocious assaults...robbery, drugs and truancy...the whole gamut of screwed up.
The policy of the Alternative School was you miss 35 days in a year you fail....NO ONE FAILED, only the kids that didnt come at all for months.
That is not a truancy policy. I agree that suspending kids for truancy doesnt work...but what does...NOTHING ...the only weapon you have is eventual expulsion and that will only work if they care.\
Public education has to stop worrying about individual child acheivements or small groups..that have to let some just GO, fail them throw them out on their ear and look at the big goal..>EDUCATING THE MOST KIDS YOU CAN. You cant save them all and were spending too much money and time on the ones that are unsalvageable. Its not fair to all the good kids to keep the dirtbag kids around far longer than you should with them disrupting everything.
Unfortunately in some states each student has a dollar value...for every student that they lose the school loses 6,000 to 10,000 that has got to stop too.
Some schools refuse to hold kids back and move forward morons that cant possibly do the work at that level...they do that to keep thier Success Statistics up...its WRONG this whole system of we need to lie and keep dirtbag kids in schools for funding and the appearance of success SUCKS...We need to get back to keeping johnny back and if johnny continues to be a little rectum then for the good of all the other kids Little Johnny gets thrown out on his arse
That is an impossiblity.This opinion is FALSE...
It doesn't make sense to expel or suspend someone from a place that you are trying to make them go to.
It's like this...
"You've missed two weeks of school with no excuse."
"I know.."
"You are expelled!"
"Umm...ok I wasn't going anyway."
...But if neither the parents nor the child cares, and the educators cannot find a way to make them care, it's time to cut bait and send the little urchin to the alternative school where they can learn all about if folks will want fries with that.
Then perhaps the kids should act like they are there for learning, rather than quasi-criminals and delinquents.
Yes they should be penalized.....
A child's "job" is to get an education. In order to do that they need to be in school. I'm in favor of expelling ANY student who misses a certain number of class days without proper excuse (medical mostly). Obviously they aren't interested in being there, and just like if I failed to show up for my job I would be fired, they should be removed from the system.
No, kids don't hate school because of the learning, they dislike it because of how the schools are run. Think about it, students are restricted from using the bathroom, which should only apply to people in jail. Some schools also love to get buttsore when there is a certain number of students in the halls (for any reason, with or without a pass) while prisoners are not allowed to leave their cell for any reason. Don't forget the number of community service hours required to graduate high school, while the same thing goes to people who litter or drop a banana out of the car window.
Milwaukee Public Schools does not want their schools to be like a prison, and more of a learning environment. That makes it nearly impossible with school principals making unneccessary rules that jeopardize the possibilty of students feeling that they're actually in school for a reason, not so that they feel that they have to folllow the authority of an administrator or teacher.
No, kids don't hate school because of the learning, they dislike it because of how the schools are run. Think about it, students are restricted from using the bathroom, which should only apply to people in jail. Some schools also love to get buttsore when there is a certain number of students in the halls (for any reason, with or without a pass) while prisoners are not allowed to leave their cell for any reason. Don't forget the number of community service hours required to graduate high school, while the same thing goes to people who litter or drop a banana out of the car window.
Milwaukee Public Schools does not want their schools to be like a prison, and more of a learning environment. That makes it nearly impossible with school principals making unneccessary rules that jeopardize the possibilty of students feeling that they're actually in school for a reason, not so that they feel that they have to folllow the authority of an administrator or teacher.
No, kids don't hate school because of the learning, they dislike it because of how the schools are run. Think about it, students are restricted from using the bathroom, which should only apply to people in jail. Some schools also love to get buttsore when there is a certain number of students in the halls (for any reason, with or without a pass) while prisoners are not allowed to leave their cell for any reason. Don't forget the number of community service hours required to graduate high school, while the same thing goes to people who litter or drop a banana out of the car window.
If you believe that a child's main job is to get an education, you have some problems.
The problem with this country is that people seem to think kid's should only focus on their schoolwork. Neither of my teachers I had for the past two school years gave you detention or even yelled at you for not doing your classwork or homework. All of my high school teachers at my school had a number one rule. If they don't do their homework, just fail them. There was issues where teachers at the K-8 school I went to gave out detentions if you don't do your homework. Then, I see that the 8th grade gets recess detention when they don't even have recess.
As for the truancy, no. Plus, be aware that these zero-tolerance policies could actually be the number 1 step to try to get out of school. All you have to do is bring a BB gun to your school, haze somebody with it, and then you're gone! What makes it even better? The school district don't send the students who brung weapons to school to alternative nor partnership school. This means that students are now permitted to stay out of school for bringing a BB gun to school.
No, kids don't hate school because of the learning, they dislike it because of how the schools are run. Think about it, students are restricted from using the bathroom, which should only apply to people in jail. Some schools also love to get buttsore when there is a certain number of students in the halls (for any reason, with or without a pass) while prisoners are not allowed to leave their cell for any reason. Don't forget the number of community service hours required to graduate high school, while the same thing goes to people who litter or drop a banana out of the car window.
Milwaukee Public Schools does not want their schools to be like a prison, and more of a learning environment. That makes it nearly impossible with school principals making unneccessary rules that jeopardize the possibilty of students feeling that they're actually in school for a reason, not so that they feel that they have to folllow the authority of an administrator or teacher.
Kids had better get use to it.
At my job I am restricted in when I go to the bathroom. Only one person at a time can be on break (ie hallways). I also have a required quota to meet (ie community service hours).
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