Here’s the situation. Students at my school have been given a chance to attend “Boot Camp” for five Saturdays in order to recover credit for missed days. The students attend from eight o’clock to twelve o’clock. Five days of four hours equals twenty total hours. The problem is that some of these students have missed more than twenty days in more than one class. So, a student that misses twenty days in three classes has missed a total of sixty hours. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the math doesn’t add up. Not to mention that part of the educational process is to teach responsibility and accountability. How well will these students perform in the real world if we teach them that “make-up” opportunities will always be available? Let me apologize now to all the business owners who will be tormented by the poor employees and shop lifters we are producing in order to account for FTE and make AYP. WTF!!!!!!!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
My WTF Moment of the Week!!!
Here’s the situation. Students at my school have been given a chance to attend “Boot Camp” for five Saturdays in order to recover credit for missed days. The students attend from eight o’clock to twelve o’clock. Five days of four hours equals twenty total hours. The problem is that some of these students have missed more than twenty days in more than one class. So, a student that misses twenty days in three classes has missed a total of sixty hours. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the math doesn’t add up. Not to mention that part of the educational process is to teach responsibility and accountability. How well will these students perform in the real world if we teach them that “make-up” opportunities will always be available? Let me apologize now to all the business owners who will be tormented by the poor employees and shop lifters we are producing in order to account for FTE and make AYP. WTF!!!!!!!
