Vines High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Plano, TX)

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EDITORIAL The condensed version of House David Ramey and Roger Robin- Bill 72 is only a small part of the son take the changes of House entire bill. Bill 72 seriously. 4 ouse Bill '12 seems unnecessary to me. All it appears to be is a whole bunch of changes made for students Cand teachersl by people who don't have to spend almost nine months a year in a public school. Because they don't go to school and have the particular workload we students do, how would they know what type of changes are needed to better Texas public education? To make the school systems better is their goal, but sitting in an isolated room in the state capital brainstorming ideas that sound good is not the way to do it. They should ask the people who know what changes should be made-the students. l'm not talking about the students who don't appreciate the educa- tion provided for them. I mean the ones who care about learning to the extent they want to make necessary changes to make it better. Take for example the No Pass!No Play rule. When a student fails a class, he can no longer play a particular sport for the next six weeks, That's stupid. A student who participates in sports, and is good, should not be pune ished for not doing well in a class that has nothing to do with that sport. Anyone can fail a class, and if someone who fails a class doesn't take athletics, he doesn't get an extra punishment . Therefore the punish- ment given to athletes isn't fair. Next came the end to the 'D' grade. This forced students to start making higher than a 69 to pass their classes. This was the one good idea l agree with in some classes. Other classes, the advanced or more difficult ones, should have been allowed to keep the 'D' letter grade as a safety catch for difficult assignments or tests. Although l could go on with most of the changes House Bill 72 makes, it really is pointless. The Texas State Legislature won't ever come to the kids to ask what they feel is wrong because most adults feel they know more than students already. House Bill 72 started out to be a really good idea, but the rules were changed to suit the wrong group of people. EDITOR'S PEROGATIVE Kelly Thompson l ulie Burdick calculates her grades to ensure herself she's is no failing.