If it’s that bad the problem is earlier than 12th grade and needs to be fixed there. I started flight school in 9th grade, I had no problem reading textbooks that said things like “Aerodynamics of maneuvering flight” in them.
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GiveMemes@jlai.lu 2 months agoWhen Americans already can’t read, you’re seriously suggesting doing away with requiring English for all 4 years? I understand wanting to change the material, but that just seems really heavy-handed and counterproductive.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 2 months ago
If they can’t read by junior year of highschool I very much adoubt fucking Shakespeare is going to be the aha moment
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Again, material choice is not the issue at hand.
Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Again (don’t know why you said again but ill add it too), if they cant read by junior year I doubt two more years of the same shit is going to help. Is illiteracy an issue? Sure. Should junior and senior year english be mandatory for every student because some of them struggle with reading? No, just make a class to help those kids.
Without a tailored class your just sticking kids who cant read well with more advanced kids in the same class and by senior year that gap has probably grown substantially. How do you make a single class that can challenge good English students and also nurture people struggling with the fundamentals? You don’t. The high functioning kids are bored and unengaged and the struggling kids are stressed by how far behind they are, it doesn’t help anyone.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yes it very specifically is. The origin of this thread was someone asking me what I would cut out of the curriculum. Are you always this dishonest?