Hi Mr Grana,
It’s Vivian Pao, and on Monday morning, we briefly discussed the effectiveness of CLC and goal setting. I thought I’d send an email as an extension of that discussion and of the letter you received yesterday regarding Year 12 dissatisfaction.
Over the past few days, I took it upon myself to send out a really quick survey about the general opinion on CLC to act as evidence for the student body’s general discontent toward CLC. I only sent out the survey to the Year 12s, but if you want a more diverse voice, I am willing to edit the survey and sending it out to the entire school to gather an overall consensus on CLC.
To clarify, we definitely don’t want to undermine any decisions, intentions or policies that the school is instating. We very much appreciate the emphasis that the school puts on the needs of the students, and the efforts they go through to help, but we do feel strongly about how our CLCs are being used, as the comments in the survey
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We understand that occasionally these are necessary, as a Catholic school, but recently it has been overwhelming. In this aspect, most students believe that individual study time would benefit them– where instead of sitting idle watching an ineffective presentation, they could be preparing for an exam, finishing off an assignment, completing details of homework. Although ‘only’ an hour a week of school is being used for CLC, it is still time that students could potentially use as effective study. And while the resource of time is extremely important, what is more vital is the distribution of that time. For example, 30 minutes before an exam is much more valuable to a student than 30 minutes after an exam– any time that we are given during this HSC period, especially during school hours, is
“Give teachers the task of setting goals and strategies which they will use to minimize transitions and maximize instruction” (Time & Learning, 2011).
Some may feel that this is soley the students fault, while in actuality, budget cuts take a major toll as well. Marcus obtained information from Califorrnia State University that two-thirds of their students couldn't register for the clasess they needed, because of funding,
Allocating more time towards having fun rather than focusing on schoolwork or studying in general also affects student’s time management. Since they have every opportunity of flexibility with minimal boundaries involved, there is the urge to enjoy the newfound liberty, and as a result, neglect of assignments, deadlines bypassed and incompetent test results. For that reason, the commitment to study is only realized when exams are approaching thereby causing panic to the student as the realization that class materials have not been covered starts to arise.
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Hello, I'm Carson Weaver, and as a future out-of-state attendee at Western Carolina University, I was saddened to hear that the house, at this point, is favoring the idea of cutting out-of-state students out of the NC Promise Tuition Plan that goes into effect in fall of 2018. The NC Promise Tuition plan was the main reason why I committed to Western Carolina this upcoming fall. Now, a curve ball has been thrown at me. I wanted to put in my two cents concerning the issue. I contacted you because you were quoted in an article stating that, "North Carolina taxpayers' money should be spent, by and large, on North Carolinians" and "We are a value already. For us to take North Carolinians' money to make it even a better value for
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Raising the quantity of time in class would highly improve a great mass of student success at Anaheim High School. Having a limited amount of time in classrooms makes it extra difficult for teachers to teach the material therefore students are not capable of learning it. Teachers have to plan a way on how to teach the curriculum in 45 minutes and make sure all students understood it. Consequently, only a partial amount can be used for questions and to have them answered. “ Marita’s Bargain “ by Malcolm Gladwell states that an extended amount of time in school inflates the possibilities of educational success.
However just like many schools South lacks in awareness of cec classes and also career and college readiness. There is not enough focus on how there are different options other than college. I believe that colleges have enough money to help fund schools and we play the roll as the consumers paying extremely high tution rates. As a student at south for 3 years I have never been given the opportunity or even heard about CEC classes until this semester. This is an example of how awareness is not being shown at South. As a senior this year I know many of the graduates of last year and most of them are struggling or deal with financial troubles. If these students were more prepaired or even shown different opportunities could of been different.
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