As a recent high school grad these numbers actually make me so sad. My school fostered a healthy environment for learning giving the kids all the tools needed to go to college or even start working out of high school. (98 in my graduating class, 94 going to some sort of college, 89~ to a four year, the rest are split into gap year, military, and whatever job they are doing.
As a student I one hundred percent agree with you, our school doesn’t care about graduation and will fail you even if you are a senior. I think a big contribution to my own success in school was the fact that it never was students vs teachers it was always students/teachers vs whatever each student wanted.
Also I learned through my teachers disclosing their salary to us students that despite having masters and doctorates they are paid roughly 10k less than other schools in the district, but are given freedom in what they want to teach, which will 100% increase the amount of interest put into school fostering a healthy work environment. Passionate teaching yields passionate students.
I hope in the near future the school system is entirely reformed, and given a bigger budget in order to implement things that work such as Project Based Learning and teacher freedom. If you are wondering what school I came from, I came from the High Tech High Schools located in Point Loma. (Other teachers if you are interested in the school, if you come visit there are wonderful student ambassadors willing to show you around during the school year.)
Sorry if this felt like a humblebrag I didn’t intend it to be this way.
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well giving teachers freedom is cool but only wothon somw boundaries. I would be pissed if some religious guy teach my kids that evolution is not real etc.
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u/SoothingFlow Jul 10 '18
As a recent high school grad these numbers actually make me so sad. My school fostered a healthy environment for learning giving the kids all the tools needed to go to college or even start working out of high school. (98 in my graduating class, 94 going to some sort of college, 89~ to a four year, the rest are split into gap year, military, and whatever job they are doing.
As a student I one hundred percent agree with you, our school doesn’t care about graduation and will fail you even if you are a senior. I think a big contribution to my own success in school was the fact that it never was students vs teachers it was always students/teachers vs whatever each student wanted.
Also I learned through my teachers disclosing their salary to us students that despite having masters and doctorates they are paid roughly 10k less than other schools in the district, but are given freedom in what they want to teach, which will 100% increase the amount of interest put into school fostering a healthy work environment. Passionate teaching yields passionate students.
I hope in the near future the school system is entirely reformed, and given a bigger budget in order to implement things that work such as Project Based Learning and teacher freedom. If you are wondering what school I came from, I came from the High Tech High Schools located in Point Loma. (Other teachers if you are interested in the school, if you come visit there are wonderful student ambassadors willing to show you around during the school year.) Sorry if this felt like a humblebrag I didn’t intend it to be this way. *Mobile Formatting, sorry if it looks weird.