College: Just out of reach

Antero Garcia, an English teacher at Manual Arts High, writes:

Sitting with our desks in a circle on Wednesday, my 11th-graders and I read Times reporter Howard Blume’s Feb. 5 article about college eligibility in LAUSD schools. Afterward, many of the students revealed that they were unsure if they were on track to complete their A-G college requirements. A handful of students weren’t even clear what the A-Gs are.

Comments

[steve johnson]

I t hink it is good that you had this conversation. A-G is a cruel joke for unprepared students. It also burdens teachers with classroom management horror tales when students are passed on to classes where they do not have the prerequites mastered.

Keep up the good work.