Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
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- Oct 23, 2015
lol totally fine by meFeel free to lump me in. I think she's a brat.
lol totally fine by meFeel free to lump me in. I think she's a brat.
Disagree; I think most schools do care that their students have the wherewithall to apply for scholarships and take steps to be sure info is available. Regardless, we have no way to know what the school in question actually did /didn't do.
I live in the county that this school is in, although not the direct neighborhood.
This district has had several scandals recently and is a mess, all after-school tutoring, summer school, etc was cancelled this year because of a budget fiasco. I highly doubt one student complaining about their counselor would be addressed in any way at their meetings, just ignored more likely. If the valedictorian of the school wasn't given any help applying for college, do you think any other students at the school got help? Wouldn't you at least try to make sure the most likely student from your school got into college if it was your job to help them? My guess is the counselors are too busy with discipline cases and their district budget fiasco doesn't allow for more staff. This school is 2 miles from a huge border crossing to Mexico, 99% minority and 70% economically disadvantaged; these kids need help if they are interested in college. I'm guessing very few of their parents have experience applying for college or even know how to start the process.
I don't have any kids who go there or know anyone so this is all just what I've heard on the news about the district, but I wouldn't be surprised if everything she said was true and known about before and no actions had been taken.
Ok for the last time..the last time. I know what I said. I said they may be building a case I never negated that part. You interpreted that to mean they NEEDED to build a case. I've really tried to get that aspect through to you that I know for sure 100% that they didn't NEED to build a case. I even tried to give another example related to unemployment benefits but alas I don't think you're getting it. I'm refraining from further commenting on the matter with you.
Disagree; I think most schools do care that their students have the wherewithall to apply for scholarships and take steps to be sure info is available. Regardless, we have no way to know what the school in question actually did /didn't do.
Evidence: Schools are measured on MANY, MANY, MANY details. These include the building itself, the number of highly qualified teachers, cafeteria food, and what guidance counselors do for problem students, to help all students register, to help with scholarships, and many other details -- all those things count towards the school's public report card score. If a school isn't "up to muster", the state will take it over /fire all personnel. No one wants this.
The school can't control everything upon which they're graded (for example, we have very limited control over student attendance and whether students try their best on state exams) ... so why would any school NOT manage simple things like availability of scholarship information?
If she was a good speaker and delivered this speech with charisma and enthusiasm, I think my opinion about it would be much different.
But she was monotone the entire time and was struggling to read at some points. It sounds whiny, and it also makes it seem like she's reading off someone else's thoughts - not her own.
I live in the county that this school is in, although not the direct neighborhood.
This district has had several scandals recently and is a mess, all after-school tutoring, summer school, etc was cancelled this year because of a budget fiasco. I highly doubt one student complaining about their counselor would be addressed in any way at their meetings, just ignored more likely. If the valedictorian of the school wasn't given any help applying for college, do you think any other students at the school got help? Wouldn't you at least try to make sure the most likely student from your school got into college if it was your job to help them? My guess is the counselors are too busy with discipline cases and their district budget fiasco doesn't allow for more staff. This school is 2 miles from a huge border crossing to Mexico, 99% minority and 70% economically disadvantaged; these kids need help if they are interested in college. I'm guessing very few of their parents have experience applying for college or even know how to start the process.
I don't have any kids who go there or know anyone so this is all just what I've heard on the news about the district, but I wouldn't be surprised if everything she said was true and known about before and no actions had been taken.
I wonder how many who thinks she’s a brat have kids actually in a school with problems?
Having to do my own research for scholarships coming out of high school? Check. And this was darn difficult in the days before the internet. How did I do it? Got a copy of the school newspaper from the previous two years May edition that provided a list of scholarship winners and what scholarships they offered, and then called to see what the criteria was for each. Wound up getting $5,000 scholarship in 1977 and attended University of Houston which cost me $250 a semester in tuition. Check.