Too many students get too many F's at school. What should schools do for the next year?

Question

Many schools have decided that retaining a student in a grade he has not been successful in doesn't help. That student is then sent to the next grade even though they haven't mastered the skills in the previous grade. How can we expect a student to do well in one grade even though they failed the grade before? So, if both ideas promote more failure for a student who fails, what do we do? Keep in mind that an answer may be restricted by a lack of available funding.

Answer 1

Where are the parents in all of this? If my child was failing in school, I would certainly be doing everything I could to help him/her!

Answer 2

Here's a clue: a student that gets a grade of C is average. That means that they are performing just like most of the rest of the students.

A student who gets a B does better than the average. He stands out. A student who gets an A is exceptional. He really applies himself, and shines well above the normal students.

On the other side, a student who gets a D is not applying himself as much as the average student, and stands out for a series of failed attempts at meeting the average requirements for the course.

Finally, a student who gets an F has failed to meet the requirements for passing the course. The failure may be for a variety of reasons, but the bottom line is that they did not do what was expected of them, and did not learn the course material.

Perhaps the STUDENT should consider what to do for the next year instead of the school. The school has hundreds of students who are doing what's asked of them - the F students are the ones not meeting the standards.

Answer 3

This is because school is a cruise ship.

If it's Tuesday, this must be Spain, for if it's Wednesday, it's Italy.

Close your eyes and you miss it.

That's how school is taught.

IT is ASSEMBLY LINE EDUCATION

The sad thing is if you are making a Space Shuttle and the assembly line is traveling faster than the workers can handle a few parts will be MISSING by the time it hits the launching pad.

Now I want you to remember that concept when you get into an elevator, a jet plane or a car.

I want you to remember the assembly line went too fast and a D or F student put together YOUR AIRBAG

Now if we look at the education system like this, we take a whole nother look at things

This is why your digital camera breaks down in 13 months.

This is why your car is a lemon

Now this problem can be fixed but it requires work

It requires a STUDY SKILLS CENTER manned by teachers or graduate students on intership programs or brain students in the school

You rotate. Someone is fail in the math one day they lose out on their ART class and go to STUDY SKILLS CENTER

The next day they lose out on MUSIC and go to STudy SKILLS CENTER

The next day they lose out on PE and go to Study Skills Center

You take ELECTIVES Away and make MANDITORY STUDY SKILLS CENTER for anyone doing below a C in a solid.

AT the STUDY SKILLS CENTER there is ONE ON ONE TRAINING.

There is tutoring.

There is evaluation of where the problem might be.

There should NOT be a DIPLOMA to any high school student who does NOT me a MINIMAL citeria of education.

This standard does not exist and should.

The GED is an excellent example.

NO diploma should be awarded to F and D average students unless they take a GED or SAT or ACT and meet a minimum level.

If they do it's awarded, Ds and Fs not withstanding

If they don't you get a CERTIFICATE OF TIME IN that states you took primary and secondary school of 12 years

That certificate should be enough to get you into a Community college on probationary status or into night school or contiuation school where you can take more classes and re-test and get a diploma that way.

There should be a PROBATIONARY status for the 12 grade and at the end of the 11 grade you are told you will probably NOT get a diploma unless you op for extra credit classes beyond the normal school day.

Then schools need to operate from 7 am to 5 pm and have eat in the room lunch periods.

No one on probaby should be allowed ELECTIVES outside of the areas they need work.

Now, all you gotta do is get the ACLU and other groups of angry people not to stop this program.

Answer 4

This unfortunately is becoming more and more common. Many young people in high school don't know how to add properly, don't know how to spell, don't even know how to tell the time. But they keep getting passed even though they clearly lack the skills for the grade level because either the teacher can't be bothered or the parents pressure them.
I'm of the old school: if you fail your grade you should repeat the year or at least take remedial classes or summer school. Simple as that. If you're embarrassed to be in a class with people younger than you are, it's your own fault.

Answer 5

Summer school and homework and parental involvement. If the parents don't care or if the parents' math and English skills are worse that the student that's failing the grade, then we can't expect a student to do well in whatever grade he's in. Education really begins at home. You can't expect a teacher to be a parent too. It's not just a student's aptitude, it's self discipline and willingness to work hard and study hard. That kind of ethic should come from the home environment.

Answer 6

There are alternative schools, and statistically they do help. It's just that they are usually understaffed and can only recieve so many students a year, so they aren't used widely.

In alternative schools, the teacher has a one on one session, about an hour in length that they can use to ask questions. They are given the homework and can take the test when they are done.

Answer 7

We need serious school/education reforms. No a day goes by that I am not amazed by the level of high school and/or college graduates.

But no reform will make any difference until parents get back to parenting. And I'm not talking about one parent staying home necessarily. It's more a question of being interested in your kids.

Answer 8

Wow! Looks like there won't be any new inventions or any intelligent life taking care of people who are 30 and 40 when they get to be 70 and 80. This is more of a worry for them. Doctors are going to be trying to learn there ABC's in the emergency room

Answer 9

ITt lies in the hands of the student and the parents.If the student is struggling then they need a tutor. If the student is not working then the fault lies with them. rather than the school.

Answer 10

Tell the parents to help and get that kid together. Its not usually that they fail becasue theyre retarted its beacue they dont try, they need to be pushed more and helped out more by both the teachers and parents, you dont need to buy anythin....