This is what I got from one 11th grade student. I cropped the name off for student privacy reasons.
The rest of the paper is continued on the back: "are a teacher. you give respet you earn respect." (sic)
Friday, September 13, 2019
Typical
I have posted about poor writing skills before. A good number of my students were using cell phones instead of paying attention, so I gave the class a writing assignment. The topic was "Why cell phones are a distraction in class."
This is what I got from one 11th grade student. I cropped the name off for student privacy reasons.
The rest of the paper is continued on the back: "are a teacher. you give respet you earn respect." (sic)
This is what I got from one 11th grade student. I cropped the name off for student privacy reasons.
The rest of the paper is continued on the back: "are a teacher. you give respet you earn respect." (sic)
It's not good, but I've honestly seen worse from adults.
ReplyDeleteIs this an honors class?
Hardly. I am teaching the lowest 40% of the students in a Title 1 school. 80% of our students are part of families that are on welfare. One in ten of them is homeless.
ReplyDeleteStandardized tests in Florida are scored on a 1-5 scale, with 3 being at grade level. A score of 2 means 1-2 years below grade level, and a score of 1 being 3 or more years below grade level. Two thirds of my students have scores of 1 on most of their tests, with the rest being 2's.
Most of my students are reading at no higher than a fifth grade level.
The sad part is that with all of that, we have a 90 percent graduation rate. The education system is irreparably broken.