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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that too many kids sign up for honors class. My 7th grader was an A/B student all through elementary. She signed up for one honors class in the subject she has the most interest in. When I talked to parents from her elementary school the vast majority of them stated their kids were enrolled in ALL honors for 7th grade.

I'm not one to judge but most of these students were in the average or even low reading and math groups in 6th grade. I volunteer a lot so I am familiar with the grouping. My DC was in the highest Gen Ed group for all classes except SS in elementary. But that doesn't mean she needs to be in all honors classes.

DC's  honors teacher this year was VERY frustrated that several of the students didn't know how to write a proper sentence the first week of school. The assignment was to write an essay about yourself in Honors English but it spiraled into a lesson on proper sentence structure. What a waste of class time in an honors course! I purposefully didn't sign my child up for History or Math honors because I knew those subjects were not a passion of hers and she would likely struggle for a B. She will undoubtedly get A's in those subjects in the standard (non-honors) class, there's no shame in that.

Lastly, just in case the test the OP was referring to was an Ecart test, keep in mind they are assessments to determine where the students are at a given time. Often they are given at the very beginning of the year with no intention of the majority of students passing. Rather to make sure there isn't a student who should move ahead to AAP level course. [/quote]

I am the OP. I wrote the message above in which I explicitly stated that the test was on the material she had covered to date, the first part of the lesson. It's not Ecart, it's not review. It's on what she taught.

How about instead of people speculating, they read the posts and comment on the information given?

What does it say about the public school teachers here if some of the students didn't know how to write a proper sentence? Why is it the kids' fault? Isn't that what they are supposed to be learning? My DC is in honors math because it IS DC's passion. Consistently As and A plusses.  My husband is currently teaching my DC the material. DC states that the kids in the class have stopped asking questions because the teacher can't answer them, or answers something unrelated. She copies the material on the board from the teacher's manual, and when asked to explain why, cannot do so.

Rate My Teacher reviews state she makes mistakes when writing on the board, doesn't know how to post homework to blackboard and won't learn (she told us that she likes to teach the 'old fashioned way'), that her quizzes make no sense, that she's unintelligible.  I have to say my DC and I agree with all of this and more, and it's only the third week of school!

Sometimes it IS the teacher. And given your tax dollars are paying their salary, I suggest people understand that it's important for ALL the kids to listen to YOUR kid and see if there's truth to the comments. In this case? Yes.[/quote]

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