Those who complain about high dropout rates = same people who contribute to them?

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These people who complain "This high school has over a 50% dropout rate. These students have less than a 50/50 chance of graduating. This is horrible!"

but then....
you'd ask them, "Should we raise the standards to graduate?"
They'd likely respond, "Yes. Of course."

"Should we require foreign language to graduate?"
needless to say, they'd respond "Yes. of course."


"Should such and such be required to graduate?"
"of course, we need to raise the standards."

"Is it good to have these standardized tests to graduate?"
(well some actually have came to the senes on this issue, but a lot of them still say "Yes, testing is good, we must evaluate them.")


If you thought the dropout rates were bad before..............wait until these people get their way. wait until these students have to take foreign language and all these additional requirements they call "higher standards." I could see the dropout rate being as much as 75%.
 
I don't mind standardizing testing. Students SHOULD strive for excellence when pursuing education and schools should be required to provide quality materials to those students so they succeed.


What bugs me is the hypocrisy of the way we currently fund schools. Why yank funding if a school isn't performing well? How does LESS money help a school district perform better. All that does is reinforce, to these students, that they were born to disadvanted parents, live in a disadvantaged area, go to school in a disadvantaged district that can't afford to pay for quality instructors, and thats the way they'll stay for the rest of their lives... disadvantaged.
 
It wouldn't make any sense to lower the standards, then having a high school diploma wouldn't mean any thing.

I don't think foreign language credits should be the standard to graduate though. You didn't 7 years ago when I graduated. You only needed it to get into a university. Those on the "technical path" (going to community college, vocational schools, the military, etc..) didn't need it.

I think the standards should be raised with regards to standard testing and attendance.
 
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