Anonymous
07/30/2019 10:01
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failureAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Good for them! But what does that have to do with other people with different experiences?
My grandfather had to drop out of high school to go to work, too. That would have been 1917 or 1918. He got his GED later, through night school.
Social services aren’t always available to these students, especially those who are undocumented.
Are you kidding?? Do you even live in Montgomery County?
There are PLENTY of social services available for undocumented immigrants.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 10:00
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failure
Scoring 70 points in an NBA game can be done, too. But we don't blame people for not doing it and tell them they're excusing failure.
DP
What?
Everyone is expected to graduate HS, because that is a realistic goal for most people. Not everyone is expected to play in the NBA.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:59
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
maybe in Nebraska but not in Montgomery county. Try a little harderAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failureAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Good for them! But what does that have to do with other people with different experiences?
My grandfather had to drop out of high school to go to work, too. That would have been 1917 or 1918. He got his GED later, through night school.
Social services aren’t always available to these students, especially those who are undocumented.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:58
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failureAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Good for them! But what does that have to do with other people with different experiences?
My grandfather had to drop out of high school to go to work, too. That would have been 1917 or 1918. He got his GED later, through night school.
Social services aren’t always available to these students, especially those who are undocumented.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:58
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Objectively high school is incredibly easy. The people who don’t well refuse to study do homework etc. I knew very smart people who did poorly because they didn’t bother trying but as they got older their work study ethic improved .
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:56
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failure[u]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Good for them! But what does that have to do with other people with different experiences?
My grandfather had to drop out of high school to go to work, too. That would have been 1917 or 1918. He got his GED later, through night school.
+1
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:53
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failure
Scoring 70 points in an NBA game can be done, too. But we don't blame people for not doing it and tell them they're excusing failure.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:50
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
there were far fewer social services then than now . I’m high school I had all sorts of extracurricular activities and worked 15 hours a week. My father grew up dirt poor in Roxbury . Zero social welfare benefits and he worked nearly fulll time in high school and got a full ride scholarship to northeastern . It can be done if people don’t excuse failureAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Good for them! But what does that have to do with other people with different experiences?
My grandfather had to drop out of high school to go to work, too. That would have been 1917 or 1918. He got his GED later, through night school.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:44
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Good for them! But what does that have to do with other people with different experiences?
My grandfather had to drop out of high school to go to work, too. That would have been 1917 or 1918. He got his GED later, through night school.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:38
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Guess it’s time to change the grading system again.
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:38
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they also got into Ivy League collegesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:31
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
Did you read the article the OP linked to?
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:29
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:23
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Anonymous wrote:Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/
Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?
I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).
Anonymous
07/30/2019 09:15
Subject: Mcps has a dropout problem
Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/