Should Students Be Required To Pass In High School

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Who have you met who usually does not pay attention in class and still passes, even if they have horrible grades? Well, there has been some debate going around about whether or not to have an end of the year exam in order to pass to the next grade. Nearly half of the united states already has the end of the year exam. If you do not pass, then there are other opportunities to retake the test. Have you noticed that each year more and more people are passed without the proper learning, and are not prepared for their next grade? Some people have even suspected some teachers are not teaching properly. Other theories are that kids don't pay enough attention during class and still pass because they filled out their work, even if it is incorrect. …show more content…

If they are not among the states with the test, then it is quite possible to know a person like this. Just in high school alone about 60 percent of people pass, but are not prepared for college. The question is, how much should one student know in order to pass? Well the standard in many places is English, math, history, and science. Well, obviously students need to learn the basics, but what if that's all they learn, When it comes to more complicated problems in their job, or if they have to write a paper to a boss people will need the proper education to do their task. Do you think students should pass just for participating? Even if their work is incorrect should, they still get credit. I know you are thinking its common for a student to get some answers wrong. Yes thats correct, but when its obvious the student did not try should they still get credit? In 2016 about 50.4 million students were enrolled in public school, out of all these students about 40 percent of them will pass and be prepared the other 60 percent will not be prepared. If most of the student's are passing unprepared, How are we going to have educated people doing jobs for

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