The whole thing is a joke.
I home school a child and try to keep abreast of some of these things. I do not teach to grade level, I teach what will get her through college. Grade level requirements are silly.
Recently I was at a scholarship seminar where they continually spoke of A-G requirements. Everyone seemed to know what these were except for students who graduated without them and tried to get into college. I hadn’t a clue so I looked them up.
These requirements are:
History 2 yrs. or SAT 550
English 3yr. or SAT 550
Math 2 yr or SAT 570
Lab Science 2 yr
Foreign Language 2 yr or SAT 520
My question is what the heck are they doing for four years in high school if they haven’t done the above? What are they doing if they do not have math and English every semester? A 500 on the SAT is not what I would call a great achievement, especially not after having spent 12 years preparing for it. When I question any high school student they cannot answer questions about math, language, or history. When college students see my 11 year old doing school work they say they didn’t see that until their last year in high school or until they entered college. They even said this of the work she was doing when she was 9.
Government schools are a joke.
they don't need to read to push the button that looks like a burger or fries they don't need arithmetic to swipe an EBT card or creditcard
history? they don't even know who their father is
foreign language? that'd be english...
science? well... they can cook meth in a bottle, what more do they need to know???
you know it's coming
The lowest possible score on the SAT is a 600 so I guess they have that covered.
My question is what the heck are they doing for four years in high school if they haven’t done the above?............................. Texting the students behind them???
You’d be amazed at how many don’t even bother going to school; in NJ they started threatening the welfare payments of the mothers if the children missed X number of days.
There is this big push to eliminate “the box” (asking about a criminal record) on job applications, in the hopes that more convicts can be hired. I personally find it much more useful to require an applicant to write a few sentences (about anything at all) to screen out those given “free diplomas” (usually preferred minorities). This is already happening with college degrees as well, by the way.