Comments on: Entitlement http://mortonmalaise.blogpeoria.com/2007/05/17/entitlement/ Tazewell County, USA Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:42:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mortonmalaise http://mortonmalaise.blogpeoria.com/2007/05/17/entitlement/comment-page-1/#comment-441 mortonmalaise Wed, 23 May 2007 18:21:59 +0000 http://mortonmalaise.blogpeoria.com/2007/05/17/entitlement/#comment-441 I don't see it as a bribe, I see it as a reward for performing well, in the same ilk as the monthly bonus check I receive at work for making certain goals. I can see your point on the privacy issue. While the school isn't allowed to release the specific score to non-parents, can they tell said non-parents whether a student passed or failed? While the spirit of the rule would forbid this, the letter of the rule may not make mention. True, school isn't the workforce. School should be preparing students for the workforce. I think demonstrating to students that they will be rewarded regardless of performance is a tad irresponsible. Providing opportunities before and after school for tutoring seems like it would be a better response than rewarding them just for "trying". I don’t see it as a bribe, I see it as a reward for performing well, in the same ilk as the monthly bonus check I receive at work for making certain goals.

I can see your point on the privacy issue. While the school isn’t allowed to release the specific score to non-parents, can they tell said non-parents whether a student passed or failed? While the spirit of the rule would forbid this, the letter of the rule may not make mention.

True, school isn’t the workforce. School should be preparing students for the workforce. I think demonstrating to students that they will be rewarded regardless of performance is a tad irresponsible. Providing opportunities before and after school for tutoring seems like it would be a better response than rewarding them just for “trying”.

]]> By: jenjw4 http://mortonmalaise.blogpeoria.com/2007/05/17/entitlement/comment-page-1/#comment-436 jenjw4 Tue, 22 May 2007 20:55:42 +0000 http://mortonmalaise.blogpeoria.com/2007/05/17/entitlement/#comment-436 Malaise, I have mixed feelings about this issue. 1. I don't understand why the school feels it has to bribe students to do well on the ISAT test. 2. I also think there is a privacy issue here. The school cannot release a student's individual ISAT scores to a non-parent, yet the school is basically announcing which students failed. Isn't the school concerned about the privacy issue? 3. School is not the workforce; you don't "fire" students for lack of achievement. The school should use the results to help the student do better, not to punish the student. Malaise,
I have mixed feelings about this issue. 1. I don’t understand why the school feels it has to bribe students to do well on the ISAT test.
2. I also think there is a privacy issue here. The school cannot release a student’s individual ISAT scores to a non-parent, yet the school is basically announcing which students failed. Isn’t the school concerned about the privacy issue?
3. School is not the workforce; you don’t “fire” students for lack of achievement. The school should use the results to help the student do better, not to punish the student.

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