Ack.
I am so angry about Pelousy’s “stimulus” plan that I could bite someone’s head off. This is theft! Destruction by our fellow Americans. Phone calls don’t seem to have any effect.
Our school district is already planning a two-day week for next year! They will get paid for 5 days of student attendance, but will only have two days of operating costs! Theft! Cheating students of their right to an education! Who is going to supervise/teach all the special ed kids on the other three days? A high school degree will mean NOTHING. No SATs so colleges can’t tell who is educated and who isn’t. This is insane.
Will CA parents/ taxpayers say NO to this travesty?
Will they demand their children have a real education?
I say this as a native Californian. This state is FUBAR!
It’s times like this I don’t believe we’ll ever get this settled without going to Option B.
BREAKING 911 tweeted:
Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders extended for the next 3 months - KTLA
Little known secret: The basic measurement of who is "smart" enough to attend college is the college admission test. The purpose of that test? To see exactly how good your math and writing skills are. The scores tell the college what entrance level courses you HAVE to take. Most schools, for any degree, require some math and writing, so almost everyone has to take some courses.
The colleges really rake in the dough, making kids pay regular tuition for REMEDIAL classes. The good for the kid is actually learning something. The bad is, even though they pay for the class based on credit hours, remedial classes credit hours do not count towards anything.
All the other stuff that kids stress about and colleges make such a huge deal of is just more ways to sort/refine the incoming kids. It's a way to keep the really undesirables out.
Another secret? At the community college level, a high school diploma is not required. Those scores are what is required. Of course, U of M won't take a student with no hs diploma, but if that same student started at a community college and then transferred to an University, they're in! HS no longer matters after that first Associate's Degree.
The above info is never meant to be shared with teenagers who have not graduated high school! ;)