| Posted: January 11, 2008, 5:50 pm - IP Logged |
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Spending the money on the merit-based college tuition and c average students' college tuition are the best ideas here. More needs to be available to kids to go to college. The scholarships set up right now don't pay enough to do any good. More than just the tuition could be covered.
I agree, more money should be spent toward post secondary education especially those students in the C average range. There are a lot of bright young people in high school who maintain a C average who could benefit from community college to learn a worthwhile trade. Some of our students at high school age are working parttime to help cover living expense at home, thereforth their grades do suffer. If maintaining a C average is the best they can do, then allowing them apply for college with lottery funding would be a great way to add back.
The grading system in TN is very tough... 74 is a "D" in TN... 90 is a "B".. When I was in school. 74 was a "C" and 90 was an "A".
Some of our students at high school age are working parttime to help cover living expense at home, thereforth their grades do suffer.
They should be looking for ways to help these students get more study time to upgrade their scores.
Do you really think gym class is necessary when that time could be used for study time.
Or whatever unnecessary acticites schools have today. Hit the books not art class , home ec , shop classes. etc, etc,
There are not many around anymore but I went to a one room schoolhouse up to fifth grade. That is when they built the huge consolidated school.
My time was spent more on being taught and studying the books while I was in school for the day while going to the one room school house. Did not have all those unneccesary classes.
Exact order chaser 
