Mr. President
BOARD PRESIDENT..carry on
- Aug 22, 2008
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How are you punishing the teachers or the other students? It doesn't affect them AT ALL. If teachers teach summer school, they get paid. If they teach online courses, they get paid. Is the job of the school to educate? I think it is.
Yes to educate but should the curriculum have to now make room for the twelve week extension? Surely if the student didn't grasp the concepts taught in the 5th week there is no way he/she will grasp the concepts being taught in week 11. In fact the week 5 assignment isn't neccessary until next semester. What happens to the report card?
Kids don't just fail classes out of laziness. Some of them fail a class simply because they can't think at seven in the morning. Why punish them for being teenagers?
They may be tired but we can all function at 7 in the morning. I was up at 5:30 every morning. Military household and I did excellent in school.
Maybe we live on different planets but in my opinion there is nothing wrong with allowing a student to retake a class he or she failed especially if said child learns from the experience.
Retaking every now and then is one thing if the circumstance calls for it. But manditory retakes are crutches for those lazy people who would rather be doing something else.