Re: [MATHEDCC] Attendance policy

Steve Kraisler (stevek@icdc.com)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:57:52 -0400

>
>Brian Goetz wrote
>
>"Every student deserves a chance to fail."
>
>I would point out that those students (particularly those recently out of
>high school) who do fail are, in all likelihood, the ones who gain the most
>from our courses. After all most didn't have that chance in high school.
>
>wayne
>
>Wayne F. Mackey
>Univ. of Arkansas
>SCEN #301
>Fayetteville, AR 72701
>wmackey@comp.uark.edu
>http://comp.uark.edu/~wmackey

I teach in an inner city high school in Philadelphia. My colleagues and I
typically fail 50 to 60 percent of our academic students. We do our part-
it must be the fault of the suburban schools. :)
Steve Kraisler Internet: stevek@forum.swarthmore.edu
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