Reply to Almost a quarter of seniors don't have enough SSL to graduate at our HS

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Almost a quarter of seniors don't have enough SSL to graduate at our HS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who wants to get these hours completed can.  There are plenty of places for tweens/teens to volunteer between Maryland/DC/Virginia, including plenty that can be accessed by public transportation(bus, train, combination).  There are plenty of in school opportunities between ES/MS/HS.  There are even virtual opportunities.  The fact that folks on here are complaining is further evidence of kids being too coddled.[/quote]

People just love to complain.  It's been pointed out several times in this thread that there are lots of virtual and in-school or after-school options available but this doesn't fit with their complaint, so they ignore.

I think the truth is that this is a simple and engaging activity for kids who set out to get the work done in the first few years of the assignment (middle school years). At that age, most kids have some time to spare and they feel like their small efforts are worth while.  It's also a good lesson in setting to work on long-term goals rather than procrastinating years and years.  If kids procrastinate until junior year in HS then it competes with many other worthy activities and by then, kids are jaded enough that they don't see the value.  So no wonder they see it as less-than-useful time-suck.  They should still fulfill the requirement, of course, but perhaps they should recognize that it was their own procrastination that made it such a burden.

The complain-y parents here probably have kids who dropped the ball in middle school and now they share their kid's view that it as a huge burden against their busy HS junior/senior lives.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics