SK> Here is an article quoted from the August 28, 1996 Daily Report Card:
-> *1   FAILING GRADES:  GETS TEACHER OUSTED
->    Shehrever Masters, a Toledo, Ohio, high school science
-> teacher was fired because he failed too many students
-> (AP/Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 8/23).  School Superintendent Crystal
Hmmm, I am split by this issue - on one side I agree with him as a teacher, 
on the other side I remember my HS calculus teacher who stated, "If you can't 
keep up with the best in the class, too bad." He made no attempt to explain 
what he was teaching and had disdain for his class except for his two "pets". 
I think Mr. Masters needs to provide some way for the students to acquire the 
study skills they need to pass his class. Perhaps he should encourage after 
school study sessions, maybe some of these interested parents could help. How 
about a study skills class put in the schedule, did he suggest this before 
the standards were raised so high? Although I don't think the work required 
was extreme, we don't know how his delivery of material was or what the work 
atmosphere is like in his class. 
 
If you are going to have high standards, there should be a ladder to allow 
most of the students to reach them, no?
--- Maximus 2.02
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