My19-year-olddaughterdecidedbeforeshegraduatedfromhighschool

My 19-year-old daughter decided before she graduated from high school that she wanted to be a nurse. She worked hard and got accepted to a one-year long, accelerated Nursing School with a reputation for being hard, but very successful. The school had a policy to the effect of, “if you fail any test throughout the year, you were out”. As the youngest in her class at 19 years old, she tried to balance a social life with her studies, and about halfway through the year, as you might expect she failed a test and was consequently kicked out of the school. This occurred on a Friday and she was distraught the entire weekend. She and I sat down and talked about it and during our conversation she told me that the WHOLE class had actually failed the same test, but the grades were “curved” so that everyone in the class passed except her.

I happened to be in a job that handled similar complaints, so I knew first-hand how to approach situations when someone was treated unfairly. The following Monday I met with the administrator, armed with open records requests, rule books, etc. I pointed out their rule book made no allowances for “curving test scores” and if the whole class failed the test, then everyone in the class should be kicked out, not just my daughter. Also, during the meeting it became apparent they had targeted her because of her age, which further supported the unfairness of the situation. The meeting ended with my daughter being allowed to retake a “fair” test, which she easily passed and was consequently reinstated to the class.

I told my daughter, in front of everyone at the meeting, that I was disappointed in her for allowing herself to be put in this situation, and that I did not condone her not being prepared for a test. However, I also did not condone anyone in authority deliberately setting out to make someone fail, at anything. I further emphasized to the administrator that my daughter’s failure was also a direct reflection on her as a teacher.

SK【贈音頻】2冊英語小故事 基礎篇+提高篇 雙語讀物