There's no rule about actually educating anybody, but it's good enough for union work.
This is another example of why we have to get the government out of the school system.
I would wager she didn't take it because she was hoping the extra honors class, and the related grade bonus, would help her GPA.
oh please, drop chorus. more whining.
If you are interested in your school system you must examine the state school board association you board belongs to. Then examine the National School Board Association.
The national association is compromised by a liberal agenda. I imagine you will find that your state board association is compromised as well.
You can find either board by doing a Yahoo or Google search.
gym is a worthless class
The schools have graduation requirements, and they are well known to every entering freshman.
That said, I find this amusing because I was also short gym credits and was told I wouldn't graduate. Their solution? Put me in three consecutive hours of volleyball until I had enough credit.
Of course, that was 1976. Different times.
public school is an oxymornon
This young lady sounds rather accomplished, so I doubt a class called " Building Essential Skills for Tomorrow" is really something she needs.
However, it is worth noting that, if she were instead functionally illiterate from years of classes that made self-esteem a higher priority than being educated, the school would likely have set aside any standard to give her a meaningless diploma.
Dumb absolute rules drawn up by absolute dumb@sses = public school boards.
There is little hope of sanity in the public school system.
I had this problem in Washington state. I was taking all of my classes at the local community college (getting high school and college class). I didn't really have time to fit gym in to my full school and work schedule. Luckily, I have weak lungs and my doctor wrote me a note saying I had sports asthmas (true) and that was the end of that. I was thin and in-shape, so I wasn't that concerned about my weight.
Well, if she gets to college (and hopefully succeeds there), she could tell her high school where to shove their requirements.
Intellectualism is for those Euroweenies! We're America, and proud to be anti-intellectual!
</sarc>...but too true
Public schools ping..........RME........
In high school, one student who was one year behind me kept applying for early admission to college and got accepted in my Pre-Med year class. He then started applying early to Med School and again got accepted one year early.
The only diploma he ever got in his life was his M.D. (That one, you actually need.)
This week, my wife was talking to the local public high school about some courses our daughter might take as electives. When they mentioned "graduation requirements", my wife told them that story and what I thought about diplomas and the subject was dropped.
Damn straight the kid should have to take gym---why the hell would a real educator want the kid to take an AP class.
I guarantee one other thing, these educators whine about the lack of parental involvement, but when this mom showed up they treated her like sh*t and behind closed doors bitched endlessly about that damn mother trying to tell the great educators what was best.
One of mine took an AP class from a teacher who didn't know anything about the class. The principal and school board office could have given a damn. When I spoke up at a public school board meeting, fully half of the board members were asleep or picking their noses.
Lesson learned, educators care about getting by each day without controversy and drawing another day closer to retirement.
Home schooling is the only way to go---you'll have a teacher who at least gives a damn.
Back in the day when I was in high school (a year ago, thank you), Physical Education was a requirement for 3 of the 4 years, but in Junior year I was allowed to substitute a fine arts class for it, meaning I only took gym every other day for 2 years.
I hated every minute of it and it helped me very little in my everyday life, but we all had to go through it. There are set requirements to get a diploma, and knowing those requirements, this girl could have spoken to an academic dean or something and gotten that ironed out somehow.
Then again, she played varsity sports. My school USED TO allow varsity athletes to not have to take gym classes, and I still think it's a great idea that they did away with (not that I was one).
As much as I want to sympathize, she had an array of options and she knew the class was required, but chose personal interest electives over a mandatory course. I wonder what will happen if she gets to college and forsakes a core class or two because it isn't on her "priority list." She has to take some responsibility for this occurrance.
Having a GED will not hold her back at all.
My son skipped high school and took community college classes instead, so he'll have enough credits for his AA before the end of his high school years, but no diploma.
Solution, is to take the GED, at that point, and then they'll award him his AA.
I've spoken with the University he's transfering to and they said they couldn't care less whether he has a diploma or GED.