I'm pissed off! Very pissed off. Just thinking about it makes me angry at the school district.
There's an act in Washington called 'No Child Left Behind'
The project makes it so us Sophomores and all the rest of the students to come in Washington state have to take the WASL (a test) to PASS high school. This is additional to any of the college entry tests all previous seniors have needed to take to continue on their way. The problem with the WASL is.. You have to pass all four sections.. Math, Reading, Science.. etc... Something.. If you fail ANY of the sections, you cannot graduate from high school.
The largest, most scary thing about this is.. 50% have failed the WASL. 50 fucking percent. They tested it on students, and 50% from MY school failed the WASL. What do you think that means..? That means about 40% will NOT make it out of high school. There are 20 students per classroom as it is. There will be about 40% of the school's flunkers staying in high school trying to pass the WASL. What do you think this will do..? 40% less room!!!! My friends who are below average.. They won't get a diploma. And if they don't get a diploma, they may not get a job. And if they don't get a job.. There SCREWED. What the HELL are these people THINKING~!? Are they even thinking??
I have to take this fucking test this year that half of the people have failed, to GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL! I HATE THIS. Makes me really wanna cry.. What if I'm not good at Science, huh, huh? I don't get to live.. I don't get to go to college.. I will be disrespected all my life because I don't have a diploma.. .......... What the hell am I supposed to do.. be perfect..? I'm not perfect. I can't pass a test that 50% fail.. Fuck fuck fuck.
It's not the teachers. It's the test. Fucking adults that believe kids have to know everything made the test. HOW do you judge thousands of children who you're not even seeing, not speaking to, and tell them if they're smart or dumb? Worthy to get a job or unworthy and left to rot? What about the disabled? What about my little brother, with his ADHD? What about all the wonderful people who aren't good at school?
Why are they making us pass a test that they know won't work..? Why are they rushing to try to stop kids from getting out into the world without a perfect mind?
This is conformity. They want us all to be the same, and perfect. They will make us robots. They will fill our minds with propaganda and facts and make us study it, as if it has something to do with our lives. They will make us have to be perfect in every section, and they will want us all the same. Why...?
THIS AFFECTS ME. This affects my FRIENDS. This affects their PARENTS. SO WHY DOESN'T ANYONE OPEN UP THEIR EYES AND STOP THIS SHIT FROM HAPPENING?
What the hell are they thinking?!??!!
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND? 415 CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE STUCK IN HIGH SCHOOL! YOU CALL THAT NOT LEAVING THEM BEHIND?? WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING, F*CKING BASTARDS!
*takes a breath*
.... ... I hate life. :( I hate school. I hate people. All my life, I've hated school. How you must be perfect, or your life is ruined. I hate it. I hate it I hate it I hate it. I'm not perfect. I'm terrible. Why must I get A's.. Why do I have to be perfect..?
*takes another breath*....
God.. I hate it so much.
Okay. Plan. I'm going to talk to my teachers after school. I'm going to talk to Ms. Fox and Ms. Grace, my two good teachers. I'm going to ask them about the WASL, and their opinion. I'm going to ask them what I can do. ... I'm sad sad sad I don't want to fail.. I don't want to take another test.. I don't want to take one that half will fail.. I don't want to be special if I pass, I don't want to be screwed if I fail.. I don't like this. Not one bit.
I'll try to pretend it's okay, but I'll be plotting all the while..
2 comments:
Hate to say this, but don't you think you might be overreacting? After all, the idea is that everyone has some kind of general knowledge, something about how the world they live in works, and how they fit in it...essentially what science does, if you think about it.
And passing a test 50% fail is not perfect. Trust me. This year, my parents are expecting me to pass a test that NINETY-EIGHT POINT FIVE PERCENT fail.
'Course I'm overreacting a bit, I tend to do that. =P
But, it's a new thing for us here. I swear you take tests like.. All the time. But here it's a bit more of a big deal.
I just dislike that this is required for everyone in the school to pass to get out of high school, when it's a flawed test that's not even really a final draft, yet they're making us pass it starting now..
So yeah. Lol, just had to do a rant on that sometime.
Just, they haven't really planned for all the failing students, and how dramatically the school population may increase.. *nod*
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