oncecoolcoachnowmom
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- Mar 2, 2014
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@Official OWECheer, well, what are we telling children who attends only 8 weeks or less of school and still get promoted to the next grade. Example, I have 2 boys in my class, one in 7th grade(15y.o) and the other 8th grade (16y.o.), both boys showed up for school 3 weeks in Sept., stopped and then showed up again in January and half of February... Crazy, social promotions and these boys are ill equipped to hold a decent job, neither boys can read or write, but they are being pushed to the next grade.
These are the same kids who come to HS and are in AWE of the fact that they are NOT being promoted to 10th grade at the end of freshman year, in which they earned all Fs.
The middle school promotion process sets kids up for failure in HS. They cannot understand the fact that you now have to earn credits and even if you are 16 in 9th grade, you will remain in 9th grade as long as you fail to pass classes.