High school NYC teacher with questions about the kids we end up sending your way
I have been teaching high school since 2022, seniors and 10th grade. I have been shocked by the illiteracy, lack of attention span, lack of endurance, lack of resilience, and other such things I have seen from these kids. They just get passed along, no matter what they do, and face no real consequences. For some (maybe needed) context, I teach at a title 1 school.
I have watched seniors who read and write at a 2nd grade level, never meet deadlines, etc etc get accepted into colleges.
My question is, for these kids, what happens to them after their last day of high school? Do any of them get their shit together finally (if they aren't suffering from massive literacy needs)? What happens to the kids who can barely read and write? What happens to the kids who can't focus and think? Do they just expect they can submit assignments late with no consequences? Do they still expect (or still get) a 45% on assignments for doing nothing at all?
Have university standards been lowered by this, or are the standards still kept high? (This is my main curiosity)