Meaningless certificates
Thousands of students graduate every year and they have been handed a meaningless certificate. And these certificates won’t have any difference with those handed to hardworking classmates. Their legitimacy will be probed when the employers realize that the graduates are illiterate. To overcome these, the students should take the school more seriously by not causing trouble and have the mastery of the content. Flunking as a regular policy has various advantages in today’s life as it did two decades ago. In this case, I totally agree with Mary Sherry concerning the return of flunking as a regular policy. First, the threat of flunking should be reviewed and the outcome will determine whether it’s really a positive teaching tool.
Flunking is the face of confidence by both educators and parents that the learners have the capability to study different learning materials presented to them. Nevertheless, for it to function again would take a devoted, considerate conspiracy among the parents and educators. It could mean encountering the hard reality those passing students who haven’t studied the material hence it might protect them grief for short term doom to long term illiteracy. Also, this could mean that educators would have to follow through on threats with the support of the parents as they are aware of their kid’s best interests are certainly at stake.
For example, the passing learner has not mastered the content cheats themselves and the managers who expected the graduate to have some basic knowledge. In this case, people excuse this dishonest behavior by pointing out that the children can’t learn in a harsh environment. But nobody seems to stop thinking that no matter the environmental conditions the learn comes from, most learners don’t put school their first priority. Many students who didn’t take education more seriously can give knowledgeable testimony on unemployment, enslavement, and even abusive relationships. Despite these challenges, these students have decided to make education a priority by taking education more serious. The have been motivated by aspiration for healthy future and better lives.
In conclusion, this is the policy that functioned in the past and it can function today. A prudent educator with the support of the parents gives the student a chance to prosper or fail. And this is the time to throw this choice to the learners.