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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would your child be trying to do a senior project in the area that they want a job?  Every single one of the kids is about to go away to a four year college and probably grad school.  Also, it isn't mandatory at all.  If your kid isn't creative enough to find a niche to explore and learn from on their own, they should skip it.  They will graduate all the same.

I still have no clue what you are talking about with regard to lack of extracurricular leadership positions.  This seems again to be child specific, nothing to do with the school.  My child has interesting electives (though they are starting to wind down) and so many leadership positions, both within the school and through city wide extracurriculars.  So do her friends.  I can't think of a single one that isn't captain of something or president of something or similar.  It sounds like this child is just unmotivated, which may be fueled by a parental desire to interfere and not allow independent growth. [/quote]

Do you hear yourself? Your kids interesting electives are winding down... in December?! There are six months of not that to go. You have drunk the Kool Aid, my friend. I also think you don't have perspective on what extracurriculars are like at other schools if you think BASIS -- not city wide/non-school based extracurriculars -- is the same as what most schools have in terms of Senior involvement. Lots of second semester Seniors don't even come to school at BASIS. That is just not a thing at most good schools; kids are knee deep in everything in their second semester of Senior year.[/quote]

This. You can only pitch a relentlessly lackluster arrangement as a bold one for so long before you're called out. [/quote]

NP. +1.   It’s incredible how some people bend backwards to try to justify things.  What is worst is that instead of just admit that [b]Basis gives absolutely no support to these “senior projects” [/b], they try to twist it around saying that all it takes is for kid to be motivated and independent and absolve the school of its responsibility.

It’s bad enough the kids are grinding it like hell for 3 years with the endless testing.  Now these kids suck because they are not motivated when the school itself is checked out for the seniors.[/quote]

Every kid doing a senior project has an advisor.  What support is Basis supposed to give beyond that?

Seems like a great opportunity for kids.

Here is the description:

The BASIS Charter School Senior Project supports students’ developing sense of investigation while fostering independence and professionalism. Over the course of the third trimester, students gain real-world experience at an off-campus site. Working with mentors at their school and off-campus site, students investigate a topic of their choosing and share blog entries summarizing their successes and challenges. At the end of the trimester, students return to campus and present an analysis of their findings to peers, staff, and parents. These projects may be completed anywhere in the world.

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