gaming the system....well...yeah

LoremIpsum
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:09:37 +0000

someone suggested that my child may be seen as trying to “game the system” by taking a course twice, once at a local 4 year college and again at the university of my child’s choice this upcoming fall. The reason for doing such a thing was due to the poor high school teacher that my child had in this particular subject



I’m confused here: your child is talking a class essentially 3 times, first in high school, then off-the-record in college and then officially in another college? If I understand this correctly, you aren’t “gaming the system,” you are simply delaying reality. If your child can’t learn this material in one pass, how exactly is that child going to get through the tougher advanced pre-med classes, to say nothing of med school? Some kids just can’t learn certain subjects quickly enough to major in certain fields, be it medicine or engineering; isn’t it better that they learn this early in the process and redirect their energy to a major that’s a better fit?