student sues school district for graduating

[g5000]

Where? Seattle. Of course

A student with a 3.87 GPA is suing the school district because she can't read

She graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could barely read, now she's suing a school district in Washington state

Makena Simonsen graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could only read at a 1st grade level. Now she's suing the school district in Washington state.

www.13wmaz.com

I wonder how many more of these kids there are? In Seattle? In the US?

I remember a kid suing back in the 70s for the same reason.

About 1 in 4 high school graduates are barely literate.

This is Trump's base.

 

[d0gbreath]

Off topic, but when I was in HS, we had a senior that was 21 y/o. He kept failing on purpose. It was his rather original plan to dodge the draft.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

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In school. That was in 1960, when they still actually taught academic subjects in public school. I'm so very grateful for having grown up in the world I grew up in.

I cannot believe that we live in what used to be called the greatest country on Earth, and now, illiteracy is becoming common.

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Common and acceptable.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Common and acceptable.

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Explains the way some people write here in USMB.

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[Papageorgio]

$40,000 a year at a local college for vocational education? That is just unreal, no degree, no nothing.

We need to go back and re-examine the educational system. We need to get back to real life education, not social issues and fluff programs don’t do anything but indoctrinate our youth.

I feel bad for her, she was conned in school.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The American education system has been garbage for a long time. We need to get back to apprenticeships.

 

[martybegan]

The American education system has been garbage for a long time. We need to get back to apprenticeships.

I would say after 10th grade or so, which is enough basic education for most people.

College needs to go back to being for people that need college, not that just want to delay adulthood for 4-6 years.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I would say after 10th grade or so, which is enough basic education for most people.

College needs to go back to being for people that need college, not that just want to delay adulthood for 4-6 years.

Exactly. The problem is we don't prioritize the skills people need. For instance, my senior year we had a full year of American and British literature. I'm not saying learning about these things doesn't have its purpose, but was it really necessary to spend an entire class on it for a full year? That time could have been better spent learning how to run to a business, managing a household and finances, or concentration in a trade that interested you including interning at a local business during school time. That experience would have been far more valuable than sitting in a concrete building being lectured on Shakespeare.

 

[Unkotare]

Exactly. The problem is we don't prioritize the skills people need. For instance, my senior year we had a full year of American and British literature. I'm not saying learning about these things doesn't have its purpose, but was it really necessary to spend an entire class on it for a full year? That time could have been better spent learning how to run to a business, managing a household and finances, or concentration in a trade that interested you including interning at a local business during school time. That experience would have been far more valuable than sitting in a concrete building being lectured on Shakespeare.

Then you should have gone to a voc/tech school.

 

[martybegan]

Exactly. The problem is we don't prioritize the skills people need. For instance, my senior year we had a full year of American and British literature. I'm not saying learning about these things doesn't have its purpose, but was it really necessary to spend an entire class on it for a full year? That time could have been better spent learning how to run to a business, managing a household and finances, or concentration in a trade that interested you including interning at a local business during school time. That experience would have been far more valuable than sitting in a concrete building being lectured on Shakespeare.

I went to a Catholic high school that had a 4 track system, so as an honors student I took AP calc and AP physics. I wasn't able to take the AP credits as I was going into Engineering, but having two classes where I saw the material already was a big benefit Freshman year of college.

There is a place for a classical "liberal" education, but we don't get that anymore. You aren't taught to think, you are taught to accept the groupthink.

 

[Dorian Mode]

How did you learn to read?

There was a time when parents taught their children to read with Dr. Seuss and the classics like Lil' Red Riding Hood. My mother was a stay at home mom and taught me how to read and do basic arithmetic before I ever set foot in a classroom. My wife also decided to do the same with our daughter. It was a massive head start. Today I wouldn't even send a child to a public school and most likely would pay professionals to do homeschooling.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

There was a time when parents taught their children to read with Dr. Seuss and the classics like Lil' Red Riding Hood. My mother was a stay at home mom and taught me how to read and do basic arithmetic before I ever set foot in a classroom. My wife also decided to do the same with our daughter. It was a massive head start. Today I wouldn't even send a child to a public school and most likely would pay professionals to do homeschooling.

They don't like that either. My mother is an immigrant so by the time I entered kindergarten I knew how to count as well as say the days, months, etc in another language. My kindergarten teacher would chastise me for not saying them in English. I also already knew how to read and was way ahead of the other students.

 

[Dorian Mode]

They don't like that either. My mother is an immigrant so by the time I entered kindergarten I knew how to count as well as say the days, months, etc in another language. My kindergarten teacher would chastise me for not saying them in English. I also already knew how to read and was way ahead of the other students.

One of the biggest problems America now faces is that it left a lot of society's obligations to the government, and the government has failed in all their attempts to do better than society could. I am slowly coming around to accepting the idea we should let AI loose and guide it to stop the wastefulness and ineptitude of the government and start helping society manage society without the intervention of the government. One area could be education and I am sure AI can do a much better job educating our children (with the guidance of parents) than today's best teachers could. That way, if a student lags, it's the parent's fault, not the teachers.

 

[toobfreak]

Where? Seattle. Of course
A student with a 3.87 GPA is suing the school district because she can't read

I'm not sure how you get a 3.87 GPA while not being able to read. They do not say what her "special need" was.
But you understand that the plan by public school is just to move kids along and kick them out with a diploma anyway they can in order to conceal what a failure public school really is. Of course, being a special need student, white, and needing additional vocational training, they also graduated her to be sure she didn't qualify for the free (state-paid) vocation schooling.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

The American education system has been garbage for a long time. We need to get back to apprenticeships.

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Very good suggestion.

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