Grades and Your Future
Well, maybe not YOUR future but other people's future.
So this was something I was talking about with my neighbor on the ride home from school. Basically, the fact that kids fail.
It helps our class ranks because we have a bunch of scrubs on the bottom of the list. But, why is it that they can't get at least a C or D in a regular class? School isn't that hard...
I sit in my Foods I class and wonder why it's even a class. I enjoy the food and all, but it's so easy.
So I guess what I just can't comprehend is the fact that kids won't do 30 minutes of homework a night (or in some cases, a week) to pass classes and graduate. I could go on, but there's really no point.
So is this a knowledge issue? Maybe, maybe not. But it definitely is an issue to be concerned with.
The only conclusion that I can come to is that kids must enjoy being caged up for 6 hours a day.
I like this post; such a valid point expressed so well.
ReplyDeleteObviously, colleges view your classes based on coursework rigor above almost everything else. They know that an A in Power Volleyball is worth less (or worthless) compared to an A in IB History. Some people aren't driven to do schoolwork, or otherwise are just challenged by normal coursework. I knew of a kid who hated conventional school and got poor grades, but took classes online, graduated early, and is now becoming an expert at computer coding. You can never judge a student by their grades. You can judge somebody by their attitude, however.