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4.52 … Not Good Enough!

Someone I know did not get into the college of her choice despite having a 4.52 high school grade point average. For those of you not aware, a high school grade point average (GPA) is calculated using all of the high school grades attained, including those of the first semester of freshman year. An A counts as 4.0 while a B counts as 3.0. In general, if an individual had an equal amount of A’s and B’s, then that individual would have a GPA  of 3.5. The next question that I can hear you asking is, “If a student had all A’s, his/her GPA would calculate out to a 4.0. So how does one attain a GPA of 4.52?”

The answer is actually quite simple … Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors course are worth more than regular classes when calculating one’s GPA. According to an A.P. teacher that I know, these Advancement Placement and Honors courses are significantly harder than the typical class in just about any subject. They cover much more material, in more depth over a shorter period of time. He further said that the extra boost in a student’s GPA that these courses provide, is well worth it the hours and hours of extra work and effort.

On a somewhat related note does the Peter Principle apply when talking about the other type of “principal?” For those of you not aware of this term … the Peter Principle, the following is from Wikipedia:

“The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to “a level of respective incompetence”: employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.

After reading a front page article in my local “newspaper,” I think we have a local example of the Peter Principle. Michelle Irwin, a  principal at the largest high school in San Diego, has apparently been quietly cutting several Honors and Advanced Placement classes without the knowledge or input from parents of students at her school. Why?

From the example noted at the beginning of this piece, not being able to take AP or Honors classes would put a student at a distinct disadvantage when competing against other students whose high school offers these classes. In fact the more AP/Honors classes that a high school student takes, the better for him/her in the highly competitive situation of getting into college.

Why would someone who has been an educator for twenty-five years and then a principal at Middle Schools for eighteen years before being promoted in 2020 to being a high school principal, do that? 

According to Ms. Irwin she cut these classes for “equity reasons.” She wanted to remove the stigma of non-honors courses, and sited racial disparities in Honors course enrollment. What that means is that “experts” have pointed out that Honors and A.P. courses disproportionately enroll lower numbers of students of color. 

Apparently Michelle Irwin is going to remedy this nationwide problem by punishing some students at her own school.

My take … Either this is a classic example of the Peter Principle, right here, literally, in my own backyard … or it’s just another blatant example of “wokeness” personified in education  … or most likely, both!

4/11/22

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