Too Much, or Know When You're I-Gnorant

I teach summer school. The students I teach are repeating a class they have failed. This is a chance for them to make up the class so they can graduate on time, or at least have the chance to graduate. Not all of the classes on campus are like this, but most. Each day is roughly the equivalent of a week of regular school. Not good in most cases because there is no real way to cover a week's work in one 6.5 hour day, but in a repeat class it's not too bad. You are allowed to miss three days before you are dropped, or should we say three "weeks."

There is another summer class that is semi-notorious. It is a class that is actually taken in place of a "regular" class during the year. Six weeks to replace 18. In US History. Do you ever wonder why young people don't know things? The summer class is full partly because the teacher that teaches it during the regular is difficult. The school justifies the shortened summer class by saying they would have to hire another history teacher if the class wasn't offered in the summer.

I just heard a story. Some of the students are going to miss this US History summer class to go to golf camp. The last three days of the class. Finals of this class that is a class they're taking because they can't handle a teacher that makes them work. I wonder if they will complain if their grade goes down. I wonder if by some chance they have to be tardy to a class and the three days in Pebble Beach means they get zero credit for the class and an F on their transcript.

Maybe justice will happen instead of feces.