February 08, 2009
A RAY OF SUNSHINE ILLUMINATES THE CAVERNS OF AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS
The Goose sends along this glimmer of hope that some people are getting it:
Yes, indeed it does. Let's take it one more step. Let's replace the High School GED exam with one titled something like "I'm Ready to Act Like An Adult American and Here's Proof" exam.
No driver's license, no booze, no contracts, no vote until you pass. Just like immigrants need to pass the citizenship exam.
What about smart kids? One super smart mom at work has just started her highschooler on a home based online curriculum, probably something like this.
Her comment was that she would have loved to be able to do this, and I agreed. Why should all the smart kids sit through the endless dull classes dumbed-down so that No Moron is Left Behind. Once you master the subject and pass the test, you're done, and can move on.
Union teachers hate this approach, naturally, and have some derogatory term for it that I can't remember right now (I remembered: "tracking"). I say, you put your kid in this program, you get the money normally paid to the school as soon as the kid passes the tests. Talk about incentive and inspiration!.
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Hi Dad,
Yes, indeed it does. Let's take it one more step. Let's replace the High School GED exam with one titled something like "I'm Ready to Act Like An Adult American and Here's Proof" exam.
No driver's license, no booze, no contracts, no vote until you pass. Just like immigrants need to pass the citizenship exam.
What about smart kids? One super smart mom at work has just started her highschooler on a home based online curriculum, probably something like this.
Her comment was that she would have loved to be able to do this, and I agreed. Why should all the smart kids sit through the endless dull classes dumbed-down so that No Moron is Left Behind. Once you master the subject and pass the test, you're done, and can move on.
Union teachers hate this approach, naturally, and have some derogatory term for it that I can't remember right now (I remembered: "tracking"). I say, you put your kid in this program, you get the money normally paid to the school as soon as the kid passes the tests. Talk about incentive and inspiration!.
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