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aftenthurston:
if you put no effort, you can and do fail. i know, i was in mostly AP level classes, and they were not the easiest thing... yeh, the standard classes are wicked easy, but if the student chooses to apply themself, and wants to put in the work to learn something, they can

aftenthurston:
oh, and the teacher that is posting is Molly Parsons...it's not hard to go to the HLA website and match up initials

RobertBruce:
Id be interested to see if ol Molly can tell us how many students failed her classes last semester, honestly now.

Anonymous:
they dont offer AP now, and honors is a joke-the same class as the standard and you do "extra work" aka nothing

MCP:
Yes, this is Molli...spell my name right at least. That is no secret, I just assumed that most of you wouldn't know me. The whole point of academic support and all is to give students every opportunity NOT to fail. Students are required to study and apply themsleves, but those who refuse fail. The point is not to have "easy" academics. The point is that since students are on campus the majority of the time, there are fewer distractions and no real reasons to fail. Not only do they have all of their teachers available, our Learning Center is awesome and those who have real learning needs are more than cared for. Back to the issue: many fail simply because they want to. To answer your question, this is my first FULL semester at HLA so I do not have any who failed LAST semester but I have many who are failing or are borderline failing right now. My goal is not to have a lot of failing students...I spend a lot of soap box time trying to convince my students that college (life in general, really) does not give second chances like HLA.
I cannot argue with any of your experiences at HLA--I do not know you. But I can tell you this: the first reason that I love working at HLA is my students. They are all bright and capable (WILLING is a subject for another day). I think I have some of the most creative teenagers on the planet in me classes. The second reason I love working at HLA is because of the teachers I am working with. I have wanted to be a teacher ever since I was in highschool myself. For me teaching highschool was my goal NOT a back-up career. I know my colleagues feel the same. That is a great thing at any workplace.

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