We got fed this slop at the beginning of the school year and our whole district has arranged its plan for instruction around it. I felt so insulted and stressed by it I could literally feel my blood pressure going up as we went through it.
Another note about the college remediation bit -- you know who else fails at getting students college ready? Colleges that put them in remediation classes! If the college can't get them up to the required level, when at that stage the students are paying to be there, how is a high school supposed to do it when the students are several years less mature and are only in those seats because it's required by the State?
I tend to laugh at the "Reformers" who claim that students who are not ready for English 1A when they come to college need remedial help! I wonder if they are aware that English 1A was created . . . wait for it . . . as a remedial course. The people at Harvard thought that their students should come to them not needing any instruction in English and they were soon abused of that belief. (Their students then, as now, were considered "elite" students.)
I started college in 1964 in California. I can remember by HS English teacher telling me with approval that I had tested into English 1A as I prepared to graduate HS. So, guess what, remedial English was a thing 60 years ago, too.
Is it any surprise that some recalibrations are required when students change school systems, often from public schools in one state to private schools in another? Or in California we had community colleges, state colleges, and state universities. Did each have the exact same standards? Should each have the exact same standards?
This is a nonissue. It needs examination by people who can do something about it, but not a revision of the entire system. Another false flag operation by the right wing. Their method: find something that will appall people who know nothing of the systems involved and insist that it indicates an entire overhaul is need. It is a little like going to the dentist because of a sore tooth and being told you need a heart transplant.
Always, always, always appreciate your effort and work. Thank you.
We got fed this slop at the beginning of the school year and our whole district has arranged its plan for instruction around it. I felt so insulted and stressed by it I could literally feel my blood pressure going up as we went through it.
Another note about the college remediation bit -- you know who else fails at getting students college ready? Colleges that put them in remediation classes! If the college can't get them up to the required level, when at that stage the students are paying to be there, how is a high school supposed to do it when the students are several years less mature and are only in those seats because it's required by the State?
I tend to laugh at the "Reformers" who claim that students who are not ready for English 1A when they come to college need remedial help! I wonder if they are aware that English 1A was created . . . wait for it . . . as a remedial course. The people at Harvard thought that their students should come to them not needing any instruction in English and they were soon abused of that belief. (Their students then, as now, were considered "elite" students.)
I started college in 1964 in California. I can remember by HS English teacher telling me with approval that I had tested into English 1A as I prepared to graduate HS. So, guess what, remedial English was a thing 60 years ago, too.
Is it any surprise that some recalibrations are required when students change school systems, often from public schools in one state to private schools in another? Or in California we had community colleges, state colleges, and state universities. Did each have the exact same standards? Should each have the exact same standards?
This is a nonissue. It needs examination by people who can do something about it, but not a revision of the entire system. Another false flag operation by the right wing. Their method: find something that will appall people who know nothing of the systems involved and insist that it indicates an entire overhaul is need. It is a little like going to the dentist because of a sore tooth and being told you need a heart transplant.