Graduation standards essays

Graduation standards essays When I was in 9th grade I learned that I would be required to do grad-standard projects. I didnt mind this until I started to work on them. They were very had to read and understand. In 1998, Minnesota added grad-standards to the list of requirements for graduation (Academic Programs). It stated that each student, starting with the class of 2002 needed 24 different standards to graduate (2000 letter for the Principal). The grad-standards were not only hard to read both by the student and their teachers, but it made it difficult for the students to graduate. For example, one of my friends, Becca Ward, need to 2 of the standards exempted because of problems with the transferring of her standards and retaking those classes was not possible. When the state wrote these standards they had made them in a way that left both the teachers and students wondering what exactly the state wanted. I had to ask our schools special education teacher a number of times for help in understanding the grad-standards. One of the grad-standards used in math is stated like this: A. Demonstrate understanding of the characteristics of geometric figures in both two or three dimensions, including reflections, rotations, and translations; congruence and similarity; perimeter, area, and volume; distance; scaling; and symmetry; B. Use spatial visualization to model geometric structures and solve problems; C. Analyze characteristics of shape, size, and space in art, architecture, design or nature D. Translate between numerical relationships and geometric representation to analyze problem situations, scale models, or measurement E. Use properties of shape, location, or measurement to justify reasoning in a logical argument; and F. Demonstrate understanding of measurement accuracy, error, and tolerances. (Minnesota content standards, appendix 1) For this standard my math teacher had my class design and build a place that would fit a toy ...