Why We Should Not Be Allowed In High School

High school students have to take a standardized test to graduate. This requirement should be reclassified. Students shouldn't need to pressure over something that shouldn't even be mandatory and is irrelevant to graduating. Some people agree standardized tests should be a requirement for high school graduation, whereas others think standardized tests shouldn't be a requirement for high school graduation. Many things can go wrong with standardized tests. For example, students who have trouble with English might fail. Hence, preventing them from graduating. Additionally, since it's a standardized test, all schools tests correspond to one another and are exactly the same. Therefore, if students didn't learn about a certain topic, which was on the tests, they're gonna fail due to something that's not their fault, at all. Students who have flunked the test, have to attend summer school or get held back and are not allowed to graduate! It's not fair because just for a test that might not even show what you truly know, will cost you a grade. Consequently, high school students shouldn't be required to take a standardized test to graduate.

Students are in the classroom over 7 hours a day every day of the week, plus time outside of school studying for tests and completing homework. That’s a lot of time to devote to education. Some kids are willing to do it, but other kids waste their time playing video games or watching tv or getting into trouble. Those kids would probably be more motivated to dedicate more time to their studies if they were getting paid. According to www.debate.org, about 65% of those who were surveyed believe that students should get paid. In a classroom survey taken at Rocky Heights Middle School in Littleton, CO, 59% of those surveyed think students should get paid. The graph below shows the distribution of the votes. Those are some very strong statistics! On the flip side, should students who don't maintain a good grade point average (GPA) or don't study receive some sort of a punishment? Absolutely. The punishment would be that they wouldn’t get

I believe some of the advocated who prohibit LGBT issues from being taught in school might be because, some parent does not want their kids, and any other children around theirs, exposed to LGBT related issues in school or been taught that its ok to be homosexual. Also, considering religion practices, many beliefs homosexuality is a sin. Some of them probably believe these students should not be taught about homosexuality in school.

I agree with this policy because it's not that hard to pass with a C. If students pay attention and do

Politician do not want this, all they care about is the ability to say that they have higher test scores then everyone else. Until they do not learn that the test scores will not go up until they instill interest into students nothing will change (Slon 47-49).

The No Child left Behind Act was intended to close the achievement gap in elementary and secondary schools by allowing each and every student the opportunity to have the best education possible. This law was signed by George W. Bush in 2001 who described it as a law that will, “Ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education”(Neill 2). The No Child Left Behind Act was only intended to help the students, but it is clear, not only to teachers, parents, and professionals, that it is time for a reauthorized law; One that each and every student can benefit from. The achievement gap in America’s school systems still exists. For the sake of America’s future, the school system must make a change now or the future of this country will suffer.

We the CBG students at Matoaca Middle are really smart, but sometimes forget that we have work to accomplish. The regular education eighth graders are not much different than us, so why do they not have this policy in effect. We might not make it into the specialty Centers because our grades plummet because we turn in an assignment we forgot about one day late. Things should be changed because it is unfair that the regular education eighth graders do not have to follow this rule. Noone is perfect, people forget things, so why punish our future for an assignment we turn in one day late.

Assistant Superintendent Denise Bartlett provided a summary of the recommended revisions discussed during the first reading of the policy: 1. Restricting a student from wearing a religious or cultural accessory or hairpiece while participating in an extracurricular or athletic activity; 2. Academic eligibility, Grades 9-12, changing the specific letter grade for passing to the word passing; 3. Cumulative eligibility check, changing the time period for how long a student remains ineligible for two weeks at the semester; and, 4. Changes in the area of academic eligibility for Grades 6-8. Currently, the middle schools use a rubric scoring to determine grades. There is a need to change the passing grade from D to 2.0. There were no additional recommendations

In the past two years i’ve also been proud to get High Honor Roll all except one quarter. Being on Honor Roll is still prestigious, and any student that applies themselves in school to be able to make Honor Roll definitely deserves praise, however, my family and I expect nothing more than the best out of myself. Even though I have a tough schedule right now, I still feel it is manageable, and getting that one B was something I do regret. I still try to look forward and use that as a motivator to continue excelling in class, because I know that it is not healthy to hold onto the past for too long. By learning from what I do good and bad in class, I am able to get a better understanding of the expectations that my teachers have. No matter what some people think about having hard or bad teachers, in the end

What does school mean to you? Is it about what you learn or what you do? School is getting distracted more and more every year because of the occasions that are being made. The problems with events that have no educational value have a negative impact on Woodlynde. The events such as non-academic field trips, concerts and dodgeball tournaments eliminate the time we could use to learn. They are pointless and not a part of learning for the future. I believe Dr. Fulco and Mr. Shank should replace the non -academic events with actual learning events that teach the students. They can also change the calendar of school. Academics will actually teach the students and prepare them not just for the future, but also what every students wants to achieve.

Even though schools aren't legally based on this rule i think that it should remain that way because, then many of our schools would be closed and not many of us want that because a variety of students would be left without education and then where would our future be ?. Now i do believe that we shouldn't apply to this here in the valley because the city would loose a lot of money and where would all the teachers go there would be jobless teachers everywhere and plus what about the students that did pass the students that do want to excel maybe we should

Have you ever gone to a game or watched a game, like some kind of sport on TV? Or know someone that plays any kind of sport? Many schools have sport programs after school and because of this some people are failing school, districts running out of money to use for the school, instead, using it for school sports. By suspending sports districts can save thousands of dollars, people won’t be failing as much as they use to because they don’t have sports in mind to distract them from learning. Schools should get rid of sports for the benefit of the school.

My school received a one million dollar grant. In my opinion I have three reasons why I should use that money. The first reason is bigger classrooms, giving money to the needy, and lastly better food choices. These are very good choices in my opinion.

A new study by the University of Michigan has found that more college students are used marijuana everyday or almost everyday last year than they have in 35 years. And for the first time ever, more students are smoking pot than cigarettes, Tech Times reports.

In conclusion I disagree with my principal with creating a requirement to do extracurricular class because a lot of people is doing out of school curricular class. and it's in the way in my opinion if the principal force the classes it its not far for the students that have to watch the younger siblings or have to work and they already have a extracurricular class. More immortally its not a good dissension to force people in extracurricular class it should be their choice to pick there classes if they wont to take it or