SK>-> In todays environment where a student can pass the GED exams and get
  >-> a diploma from the High School of their choice,( May be applicable to
  >-> Arkansas only ), some of us are wondering why send our students to
  >-> the last two years. Get their GED and pack them off to college or a
  >-> Junior college where advanced learning can begin. :)
SK>Hi Tom,
SK>I can appreciate that someone might have an attitude like the one you
  >represent above, given the way the current system works. But is a
  >student with only a GED obtained in the manner you suggest, really ready
  >to go to the university and skip over the remedial coursework? Somehow I
  >doubt it. And these days the universities are talking more and more
  >about eliminating or severly curtailing the remdial course offerings.
Good morning Sheila,
I would agree that most students who obtain a GED diploma would not
be prepared for a four year college.  With the exception of English and
Trig and Calculous both my sons spent their last two years in high
school taking courses of little or no consequence.  Two years that in
retrospect could have been much more productive outside the high school
environment.
The statistics seem to indicate here in Arkansas that even a high school
diploma does not prepare a student for college.  The system needs
tougher standards but I just don't see them in the near future.  Public
schools here have high minority enrolment which means big bucks for
educational welfare programs.  It does not seem to matter whether or
not they work, it is still money for the pot.  To maintain the flow you
must comply with the Fed directives, or so I am told.  Make it too hard
and the failing students just drop out.
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