Homeless People Should Be Allowed In High School
A policy such as this denies kids their fundamental rights as a student, and I view it as an equality problem. Depriving kids who do not have a B average or above of the opportunity to participate in after-school activities creates a caste system that would stigmatize students who do not make the mark. If this policy were in place now, I myself would not be able to participate in any activities, clubs, or sports due to my grade average. Those activities are the places students make friends and find a safe fun environment to socialize and express themselves in the stressful pressure of a high school day. Speaking from experience, without something to look forward to during or at the end of a six-hour school day of tedious lectures and clocks ticking at the pace of molasses, removing these activities would decrease the students’ desire to want to learn or even be in a school setting. This could then backlash and drive the cycle of bad grades.
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High schools should, in my opinion, focus more on the reasons behind why that kid Jimmy is 18 and still in a freshman biology class, not who is “smart” enough to be eligible to join clubs or play sports.
They should look more at the individual and less at the numbers--or letters of the grades. Not everyone has a life that is conducive to academic success. Tell me where is the consideration for homeless kids who may be coming to school from a shelter, or those who can not afford study materials, or the ones dealing with unstable homes, or those who are bullied nonstop yet still have the courage to walk through the doors each morning, or kids who need medication but aren’t receiving it? There are many reasons that a B is an F--and the school can’t assume which one is
correct.
Instead of depriving students of activities that would benefit them and their academic performance, schools should start funding and supporting those kids whose grades are less than perfect, devote attention and resources to them, and perhaps even create private support groups. If a student isn’t succeeding in high school, the answer is not to take opportunities away from that student. The answer is to give more.
High schools should, in my opinion, focus more on the reasons behind why that kid Jimmy is 18 and still in a freshman biology class, not who is “smart” enough to be eligible to join clubs or play sports.
They should look more at the individual and less at the numbers--or letters of the grades. Not everyone has a life that is conducive to academic success. Tell me where is the consideration for homeless kids who may be coming to school from a shelter, or those who can not afford study materials, or the ones dealing with unstable homes, or those who are bullied nonstop yet still have the courage to walk through the doors each morning, or kids who need medication but aren’t receiving it? There are many reasons that a B is an F--and the school can’t assume which one is
correct.
Instead of depriving students of activities that would benefit them and their academic performance, schools should start funding and supporting those kids whose grades are less than perfect, devote attention and resources to them, and perhaps even create private support groups. If a student isn’t succeeding in high school, the answer is not to take opportunities away from that student. The answer is to give more.