A couple of questions:
1. Since your students know they can do little or nothing and still pass,
where is the incentive for them? I'm not talking about the good students
who have future goals and careers. I'm talking about students whose goal is
to graduate, nothing more.
2. If your principal (and administration) knew that passing students this
year who have not learned would have drastic impact on their funding next
year, would they be so quick to encourage you to "pass" students who do not
deserve it.
General Note: I know of no person whom I admire more than a good high
school teacher (unless it is a single parent). Those have to be the two
hardest jobs in the universe.
Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
"It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
John Wooden
John 3: 3^3 + 3
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