Thanks Matt, my weekness through school was spelling--as you can see.
The sad thing about what I had to say, this wasn't a handful of students. Out of 6 periods--all 7th grade geography--the least missed on the map was 3. Which is ok. BUT--most students missed between 10-14. Only a HANDFUL out of 6 classes did ok. Nobody made an A on the test. Bryan was pretty upset. He had 6 weeks teaching a 10th grade honors ancient history class, then he went to 7th grade geography for 6 weeks, his six weeks will be up on the 29th. He has been working with these kids on labeling maps since he got there--almost 6 weeks ago, and now on the test, they can't even tell where New York City is!! I think it's not only sad, but scary!! I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't the greatest student--not by any means, but I have NEVER thought New York City was an Island in the Atlantic Ocean!
I would understand if it were a few students, and they sort of slipped through the system, but this is a whole CLASS of students. I admit, West Virginia's school systems aren't great, but darn it, we aren't THIS bad!!!
Ok, open for discussion--what things do you think should be done to prevent things like this? Should parents be held responsible? Teachers? The Students? Should we be proposing new programs in schools? Should we cut classroom sizes? Should there be more discipline? What do YOU think?
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