Nowadays, I really am beginning to hate school. It seems as though the harder I try to keep up and the more I work harder, I move up 3 steps to get knocked 15 steps back from where I started...
I have to work twice as hard because the school fucked up. I have to pick up the slack that they left behind..
My grades are at stake because of their unpreparedness. Not only do I have to make up for weeks of work for my high school classes, but for my college class as well.. The work becomes overwhelming at times.
Also, it seems as though the school is far more concerned with the uniform and cell phones than it is with the actual education of the students. That's all I hear about is uniform,cell phone, uniform, cell phone, uniform, cell phone.
There is no understanding for students in my situation. I would go to tutoring to catch up in class, but I wouldn't have a ride home. The mistakes of this school has affected my grades, and there's nothing that I can do about that. Problem is all I have to depend upon is my grades, my family has little money, and if I cannot get an academic scholarship I won't be going to college. So if I will end up failing or getting horrible grades that X out my chances of getting what I need, what's the point of attending school? Feels like I should just drop out and get a GED.. Pick up a trade and perfect it so that I could end up somewhere in life.
Not only am I carrying the weight of keeping up in school instead of giving up and dropping out, but I have to go home and deal with problems there. On top of this I need to figure out how I can balance school and work, because I really need a job. I can't depend on my mom for everything, and my father is of no use. I hate to have to ask my mom for anything because I know that 9 times out of 10 she can't afford to get it for me. How can they expect me or any student to keep up and remain in school if they, are constantly throwing more weight on our backs to carry and are making things more difficult than what they need to be? At least I'm interested in school and want an education.
Good post. How might the way administrators and school boards conceptualization of students in situations like yours affect the position you're put in. What is the goal was to better understand the students' situations and find ways to work with them, rather than against. How does this speak to the book we're reading right now?
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