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Two scenarios can coincide with semester tests:
The first one is staying up until 2 a.m. studying on the night before the tests, flunking miserably, and falling into a life of crime.
Or, prepare days before needed, get attendance problems straightened out, passing with flying colors, and going home to a life of success.
“Being prepared as soon as possible is the best thing to do for semester tests,” said guidance counselor Bob Moore.
If students have more than two absences in a class, they must take semesters. Students need to ask their teachers how many absences they have. Teachers’ records are the official attendance records.
If there is a discrepancy with the attendance records, students can go to the attendance office and get a printout of all the absences and tardies that were reported. Then the student can go back to the teacher and see if there was a mistake. However, the teacher’s records are the official records and students can’t argue with them about it.
Students have some different views about the two-absence policy.
“It’s a good thing,” said sophomore Luke Pollunci, who has to take semester tests because he went to Wyoming to visit a relative. “A lot of the schools I’ve been to before you have to take semesters, regardless. It’s not too hard to stay in school for a semester and only miss two days.”
“I think it’s a bad thing in a way,” said sophomore Svetlana Skvortsov, who has missed more than two days due to illness. “If you skip school for no reason, you should definitely take the tests. But if you’re sick or there’s an important family thing, I don’t think it’s fair.”
To do well on semesters, students have to — surprise! — study properly.
“The best advice I can give on studying is to stay caught up,” said Moore.”Cramming doesn’t work.”
Study sessions with other students may help with reviewing ma |
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