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Date Posted: 20:09:29 04/18/07 Wed
Author: Lauren McAdams
Subject: Re: Chapter 11- Expectations
In reply to: Lila Kayali 's message, "Chapter 11- Expectations" on 17:22:28 04/15/07 Sun

I agree completely that seniors in high school are not challenged at all. It seems like once they are accepted into college, then the rest of the year does not matter much. I think that seniors also feel like going to college is going to be the same experience as high school and these students are in for a big awakening. Since many high school seniors are not challenged enough their senior year, once they get to college they seem to fail, not because they are not smart enough, but because they don't know how to motivate themselves or how to study. I think this is a very important issue with high schools and needs to be addressed with the school systems because it is making perfectly good students do bad once they reach the college level.

>Chapter 11 states that one improvement that needs to
>be made in high schools is higher expectations for
>student achievement. Senior year is looked at as a
>time for students to have fun and party, esspecially
>for students who have been accepted into college. I
>think students might have an easier first year of
>college if they are more productive their senior year
>and use their time more wisely. The book says students
>are getting high grades without studying much and 20%
>of college track seniors did not take a math course in
>their final year of highschool. I think schools really
>should be challenging seniors more.

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[> Re: Chapter 11- Expectations -- Bradley Kovach, 21:45:38 04/18/07 Wed

I completely agree with this (even though as a senior I was accepted for early admission into my #1 choice school and thus put forth zero effort the entire year). I think a large part of this attitude is that the students see the classes as useless if they do not directly deal with their intended major area of study in college. I think by offering classes that deal with time management and study habits as well as some advanced level electives in some of the more popular subjects (health science, law, engineering) they might be able to keep the seniors' attention.

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