tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post7152559678519030382..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: Social Promotion in the HighSchoolCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-66542676913088644592010-10-19T17:21:46.708-04:002010-10-19T17:21:46.708-04:00Why not tell them they aren't college material...Why not tell them they aren't college material? If you really don't consider them to be college material, then what are you doing collecting their tuition money? Or does the school simply take it until the kid figures it out on his own or otherwise gives up?<br /><br />I wouldn't have a problem if you told the kid at the end of the first semester, "Understand a few things ... we'll happily teach you but it'll be in remedial courses. Your choice to continue but we're just being truthful here."Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-88197947412794574772010-10-19T14:35:11.952-04:002010-10-19T14:35:11.952-04:00My college accepted them because we are an open-en...My college accepted them because we are an open-enrollment school.<br /><br />Others accept them because they are fairly good at multiple choice tests and did well enough on the SAT or the ACT or the Compass.<br /><br />They shouldn't be at college, but once they have been accepted, should we tell them they aren't college material?Dr. Davishttp://www.teachingcollegeenglish.comnoreply@blogger.com