Blog Guidelines
We will be blogging regularly in class this year. Please take a look and follow the guidelines that are set up for our class blog.
1. Only post what you want EVERYONE to know. Remember Grandma can see this as can someone in China. Therefore don't post personal information.
2. Think before you post. Only write school appropriate things. This means no foul language and slang.
3. Because we are an English class, remember your writing conventions. Avoid "text talk" and slang.
4. If you use any media or quotations from another source, you MUST cite the creator of that idea or work. Essentially, I want to see your ideas.
5. You will be asked to comment on other's blogs at times. Remember our discussion on constructive criticism. This isn't a place to bash someone.
6. As I've seen on many online sites, use the THINK approach:
T - Is it TRUE?
H - Is it HELPFUL?
I - Is it INSPIRING?
N - Is it NECESSARY?
K - Is it KIND?
If you can't answer yes to these, don't post it.
See Mrs. DeVore if you have any questions.
what I'm about to tell you is true, and it's a huge issue. Don't think its not because you will learn real quickly that I'm not lying, I'm going to tell you facts about high school drop outs.
ReplyDeleteI think drop out rates are outrageously high because kids get into drugs, have home issues, think they are fine without education, and think that teachers don't care about them because they don't get a lot of attention.
To elaborate on family issues I'm going to tell you a personal story of my own. I did bad in school during my eighth grade year because my family was starting to break up. We all had disagreements about things and my parent were gone all the time so i felt like I could never succeed in school because my parent were not home to help me. Thats when my grades started to slip, now looking back on it I started slacking and not really helping myself when I could have.
To help with drop out rates I think schools will have the teachers talk to student on one on one so that way the student can get their homework, or In big citys and towns they could have more schools so that way teachers wont have a lot of stress and know where to begin on helping and teaching students.