Posts by Raymond Perez9

Susan James said:High school seniors are adults. Most of them are already 18 by the start of the school year, and by the end, you probably have some who are 19.
Adults don't spread viruses; it's the kids. 🧐

Though, technically, you can hold adults legally accountable without needing parental permission if they refuse to wear masks or act out, so maybe it's easier for the teachers to actually enforce the rules that way.

I'm a little confused about this idea of learning new stuff until the very end of the year. Is senior year meant to be a prep course for exams, or is it just a standard academic year with a regular curriculum?
By your logic, it sounds like high schools are three-year programs followed by a one-year prep course.

No, it doesn't imply a 3+1 structure at all. My point is this: if remote learning is an option for every other high schooler, why isn't it an option for the seniors? What is the actual reasoning there?

The way things are set up now, professors for various subjects have to commute to campus just to teach these specific students while simultaneously running online classes for the underclassmen. If we are supposedly protecting freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from the virus, what is the justification for leaving seniors and their teachers exposed? It’s fundamentally illogical.

As for the burden of learning new material right up to the final bell, look at the reality of a student's life: they spend seven hours in class, plus another two hours commuting back and forth, meaning they are out of the house for nine hours a day. Once they get home, they spend at least two more hours on homework, plus nearly every night working on their capstone projects. We are looking at a minimum of 11 to 12 hours of intense mental labor daily, and that's without even touching the necessary review of everything they've learned over the last three years. Are we honestly expecting them to keep the entire four-year curriculum perfectly memorized at all times?
When exactly are these kids supposed to find time in a 24-hour cycle to review every subject for their final exams? I know it might not be a massive issue this year, but they are currently dealing with the psychological fallout of the pandemic, constant masking, and all that. These are young people, and we shouldn't be breaking them mentally right at the starting line. Where are all those psychologists who were so vocal about "prioritizing mental health" when it was convenient?

Does the virus somehow just skip high school seniors? It’s not like they aren't packed into classrooms where twenty-five kids are squeezed into a forty-square-meter room. Do they think these students are just flying into school or taking the subway through an empty city?

Like I’ve already pointed out, if fourth-year students spent their time with teachers reviewing everything from the last four years of English, math, and American literature, then maybe we could say schools are actually preparing them for the SATs. But as it stands, I can't wrap my head around it, because they are being fed brand-new material right up until the final bell—something they could easily do via Zoom just like any other kid. And for those under the impression that vocational students will be left behind in terms of hands-on training because of remote learning, let's be real: they’re already being sidelined because businesses don't want them on-site due to the risk of spreading the virus anyway.