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Instead of the outright failing of a student, poor grades should be turned into extra homework, sessions with teachers, and detentions should be served in classes the students are consistently failing in, instead of having teachers sit in a room with children who are supposed to do nothing. Giving F's might, instead of improving grades all through schools, cause students to find the highest grade they can achieve with minimal effort and coast through without actually getting better and achieving their full potentials. An escalating frequency of F's as you get older may cause depression, but not receiving fewer as you get into high school could also make problems on transcripts for college, especially for …show more content…
Writers' whole beings are entirely bent on being contrary and nitpicking semantics. Singleton and Sipher may agree on some points, but they would probably begin "arguing" over the points where their opinions diverge. I do not think that Singleton would agree with Sipher's position that mandatory school attendance should be abolished, because he writes that students should be held back until they understand the material fully. Sipher, however, would probably agree with Singleton's call for an end to the practice of giving passing grads to marginal students, because the former would prefer only those students serious about learning stay in school.While Sipher and Singleton both wish that students would be more serious about education, their opinions are incompatible because Singleton thinks everyone should stay in school until they are on the same level, and Sipher wishes people not serious about studying sent