Carrie’s TEBlog

            I agree with RJ that the requirements will help improve education for students who would generally just take “cake” classes. However he makes a point by saying that the drop out rate would be increased. This could be a bad thing or a good thing. I think that it would weave out the slackers like RJ is saying, and leave us with people who are hard workers. This is good for the workforce because they will be way better workers. As someone looking to be a teacher, this worries me some. I think that we should not just focus on students who excel, but also try to help those who struggle. I think tougher requirements leave those students to just be more frustrated like RJ says. Then the issue is how to we make the students who struggle generally, motivated to face harsher requirements. I think that the government should invest not only in ways to help the best students, but also in ways to help those who struggle. I am not sure how they would go about doing this. Possibly if they increased funding for after school tutoring or something like that, students who struggle could receive help they need. I agree it is a good thing to increase the requirements, yet something needs to be done to help those who get left behind by it.