Posted by AuntieMel on December 14, 2004, at 12:16:44
In reply to No Child Left Behind » AuntieMel, posted by MKB on December 14, 2004, at 10:04:54
You're preaching to the choir on this one. <smile>
I finally got the opportunity to finish up college in the mid to late 80s. I partly paid for my tuition and got spending money by tutoring math and physics in the college tutoring center. Dropouts? Bad enough. Graduates? Abominable. I was supposed to tutor MATH and ended up teaching people how to do fractions!
I had friends that quit teaching in the same time frame. Even pre TAAS they were stymied by the extra paperwork required by Mark White (it was White, wasn't it?)
I had one kid graduate in 92 and another one in 02. I didn't home school, but I sure spent a lot of time filling in the gaps.
Another gripe of mine with the Texas schools, and it could be all states for all I know. They are all judged by how the kids do - and they assume that ***ALL*** kids need courses to prep for college. When I was in the system it was understood that lots of kids just weren't college material and these kids were taught what they needed to learn to survive in life and were also usually taught a trade. These days they are taught, by implication, that if they can't handle the college prep courses that they are failures! Geez, Louise! Being a skilled plumber or mechanic or ac repairman or carpenter isn't anything to be ashamed of!!
Argh. You hit a topic I have very strong opinions on. Rant over for now.
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