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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a former Wilson student. During my senior yr, I know I missed over 70 days. Despite missing those days, I graduated, attended the University of Maryland and now have a rewarding career.  Just because students miss class, doesn't mean they can't grasp the concepts.  Students can watch online content to learn and receive support in other places. School is just a building where learning is "expected" to occur.  Tons of learning happens outside of the classroom and online now.  Also, alot of the senior courses are unnecessary classes. In my case, I only needed to take an English class to graduate, however my counselor gave me other classes that I could BS through and pass easily without attending regularly.

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If that’s the case, then there’s obviously something wrong with the high school. Either you weren’t taking classes that were sufficiently challenging and interesting enough to compel your attendance or those classes weren’t offered. If they weren’t offered, that’s a problem that should be fixed. If you weren’t taking the most interesting and rigorous courseload, well, that’s on you and you shouldn’t have been granted a diploma for taking up space and taxpayer money to do nothing your senior year of high school. [/quote]

That is not the students fault. It’s on DCPS. My child only needs English and Science and has another b.s class she can pass with her eyes closed. She now has a job and doesn’t need anymore b.s classes on her schedule.[/quote]

I think you’re right that she sdowsnt need additional “bs classes” on her schedule. I’m positing that perhaps the school should offer her legitimately challenging and interesting classes to fill out her school day. Alternatively, perhaps they could at least squeeze the remaining material into a single semester and offer an early graduation option. What’s apparently happening now, though, is ridiculous and doesn’t serve anyone well. [/quote]

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