Are these students lazy or what?
The Old Pro
Jim C. Gajniak
The Lazy Student: A Typical 9th Grade High School Algebra Class---
Grades after 12 weeks are as follows:
A's -- 90.2%, 89.2%, 97.2%, 95.8%, 89.6%
B's -- 80.2%, 87.5%, 83.6%, 79.6%, 84.3%
C's -- 61.1%
D's -- 56.8%, 47.4%, 54.7%, 45.1%, 58.9%, 53.0%
F's -- 40.0%, 40.4%, 20.2%, 42.5%, 35.3%, 28.9%, 38.3%, 0.0%,
9.4%, 0.0%, 7.9%, 1.9%, 1.9%, 9.4%, 26.4%,41.0%
A's-- 15% of class
B's-- 15% of class
C's-- 3% of class (Where is the "C" student???)
D's-- 18% of class ( 2/3 of class are D's and F's)
F's-- 49% of class
Is this typical or what for High Schoolers in Algebra?
At 03:46 PM 4/17/1997 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-04-17 13:36:20 EDT, you write:
>
><< I'm not an expert on the history of math ed, but it certainly does seem
> that we push to do more and more math earlier and earlier. We try to
> start algebra in 7th or 8th grade, and calculus is a standard offering
> in the high schools. I don't think either was the case 40 years ago. >>
>
>They do this in other countries ---- We are actually way behind when
>countries like Japan and Iran when it comes to this.
>
>The core problem IS that we are mass educating...... which is not done in
>these other countires. It really irks me when I have a reaaaaaaally lazy and
>ill-prepared students who is failing my class ----- then I find out they are
>getting financial aid!!! So I'm paying for this student to do.........
>nothing!
>
>Karen
>Orange Coast College
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