Algebra I may not be required for graduation [California......]

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[Sub-Driver]

unreal....

[RonF]

How the hell do you fail Algebra I? A lot of the kids in my children's school district pass it in 8th grade and place out of it in High School altogether! These kids can't pass it in 4 years of High School? If they can't, they don't deserve to graduate from high school.

[I got the rope]

Aren't California teachers some of the highest paid in the country. This is shameful.

[bmwcyle]

DUD there goes my rocket science career.

[I got the rope]

Boy...the public schools are really churning out the democrats aren't they.

[CasearianDaoist]

We had Algebra 1 in Jr. High School.

Of course I dod not go to Public Schools. Hmmmm...maybe there is a connection.

[LWalk18]

How the hell do you fail Algebra I? A lot of the kids in my children's school district pass it in 8th grade and place out of it in High School altogether! These kids can't pass it in 4 years of High School? If they can't, they don't deserve to graduate from high school.

I agree with you- I took Algebra I in seventh grade and in the school system I attended, the standard classes took it in ninth grade. Algebra I is basic high school math, and a diploma that does not reflect that the student has mastered the subject is invalid, IMO.

[Oztrich Boy]

What's the big deal? How many of those students intend to go to Algebrania anyway?

[TRY ONE]

Let X = The # of Kalifornia students NOT passing Algebra I

Let Y = The # of Asian students passing Algebra I

Let Z = The # of Jobs in the Future

Therefore, in 2020 X will be working for Y in Z Land!

[Freedom2specul8]

Dude, these people may be cooking for you someday. How are they going to figure out how to mutply, or divide a recipe? :)

[cupcakes]

Agreed. Man, I loved Algebra--one of the best classes ever imo.

[Dan from Michigan]

I'm terrible at math.

Algebra 1 even I could handle. It was always Geometry(PROOFS) and Trig that were really tough with me.

[OrangeDaisy]

"I'm not going to do a profession that needs it," said Jessica Stuart, 15, a sophomore at Napa High School. "I don't see the use in it."...She would like to be a cosmetologist.

In other words she'll never need to know--I bought shampoo at a 25% discount and the register rang up $15, so the original price should have been $20, but the price sticker says $17 therefore the store has not applied the discount as advertised. I feel sorry for Jessica and her future clients!

[cupcakes]

Nope, no connection. I went to public schools in Maryland in the 70's and early 80's. Took pre-Algebra in 6th grade(elementary school) and would have moved to Algebra 1 in 7th grade, but then we moved to Florida and the class was not even offered in that grade--if I remember correctly it was not offered until 9th grade--sigh.

[RonF]

My kids went to public schools, so I don't see any connection. In fact, both my kids got credit for Algebra I based on their performance in middle school (and on passing Algebra II once they got to HS), and our middle school isn't even considered the best of the 9 middle schools that feed our high school.

Public schools can do a fine job if the parents in the district have some standards and make them known. Our elementary/middle school district forgot this about 2 years ago, but the teachers and administration got the message when every incumbent on the school board got defeated in that election by a landslide and the new members came in and let everyone know there was a new sheriff in town. Both my kids have ended up in college taking engineering (electrical and mechanical), so there's nothing wrong with their math skills; they've effectively graduated from high school with credit for 5 years of high school math.

[ruiner]

Shouldn't someone explain to the young lady below that if she wants to cut hair in her own place she'll need to be able to estimate the number of customers per time period and thereby forecast her sales. This is important so she can verify her ability to pay the overhead costs of her business.

This is just really really sad.


"I'm not going to do a profession that needs it," said Jessica Stuart, 15, a sophomore at Napa High School. "I don't see the use in it." Stuart said she failed the class the first time she tried, but is planning to pass it the next time around. She would like to be a cosmetologist.

[Oztrich Boy]

The options for students who haven't passed Algebra I are mostly limited to trade schools, community colleges or blue collar jobs, .....

...even some teachers questioned if Algebra I skills are relevant for every student.

"I'm not going to do a profession that needs it," said Jessica Stuart, 15, a sophomore at Napa High School. "I don't see the use in it."

What about Law School?

[BrooklynGOP]

High school algebra is a joke.

[RonF]

Of course I dod not go to Public Schools. Hmmmm...maybe there is a connection.

Duz that conexion extend to yoor speling skilz?

[An.American.Expatriate]

How are they going to figure out how to mutply, or divide a recipe? :)

I wouldn't want someone to mutply MY recipe!!!