HS Language Requirements

[Genevra Gerhart]

Dear Lois,
Two, no three things:  (no, four and five things)
1. Start out by asking the counselors where they got their information.
Then check out what they say.
2. Then go to the AATSEEL web page: if you keep plugging away there is
an article about seat time at schools which indicates one problem.
3. Sometimes your statement is true. Colleges are unwilling to accept a
student into, say, a second-year course when it turns out the subject
cannot manage things the colleges consider basic.
4. The solution is to go check out requirements: ask for sample
end-of-year tests for first and second (college year) kiddies at several
representative colleges/universities. Either that, or end of the
quarter-semester tests. For Heaven's sake find out what grades were
awarded for what accomplishment.
5. Then publish your results to the list. Be aware that historically,
both in high school _and_ at universities, flattering grades are given
for the purpose of retaining students. Otherwise, you can teach history.
Genevra Gerhart
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