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Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

Accretionist posted:

Any research or personal comments on barring low-performing students from extra-curriculars?

I just googled a couple articles and it looks ambiguous.

My childhood was terrible and it affected my grades. Access to after-school activities would've been a god send.

Consequently, I'm biased toward eliminating academic requirements for sports, drama, chess clubs, etc. and it looks like participation in such activities is generally neutral or contributive to student performance.

Eh, After-School programs vary greatly as well. I work for one for a Middle School in a Minority Majority area and getting these kids to participate in any of the activities my group had planned is like pulling teeth. At times, it feels more like daycare where students threaten to get me fired for daring to ask them to put their phone away. I feel for you teachers. I really do.

Okuteru fucked around with this message at 11:42 on May 3, 2017

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Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own

BigFactory posted:

Wouldn't it be different if we had a more robust junior college system in the us?

That would require a change in the public mindset of seeing Junior colleges as more than backup plans for students too poor or dumb to attend "real" college.

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