The devil is in the details really . This type of program if ran with no political motivations can help kids a lot . In my case if I had been suspended or any other type of punishment that caused me to miss school . I would have been left behind never to catch up .
Remember these are likely kids that don't want to be in school or don't have the drive to do well in school for what ever reason . If you remove them from the school for a given time , then reintroduce them back into that same school . They are now behind the rest of the class . So you now have a kid that does not work hard at there schooling that now needs to work even harder then before just to catch up . Depending on there support system that task can now be unreachable . I speak from experience here , I'm not going to get into my specifics but trust me I know of what I speak .
It becomes what appears to the kid an impossible undertaking so they don't even try anymore . I'll admit in my case it was my unwillingness to try my hardest likely because I just didn't care . Remember I'm 13 & 14 years old , not really having a grasp on what's best for my future . This ultimately results in my dropping out of school . I was truly lucky my family had there own business and shortly after dropping out I was working 40yrs a week . If I had not had that outlet who knows what would have happened . Having a job where others counted on me to further there's taught me maybe more then any schooling at the time could have . I later became a single father and that changed me for the better even more .
My over all point here is that I understand the idea of that type of program , but they only work if 1) the school or whom ever follows through with the kid , 2) the kid puts in the work which in some cases means #1 needs to be pushed hard .
Anyways if done "right" ( and I don't know what that is exactly ) those types of programs can help IMHO .
Remember these are likely kids that don't want to be in school or don't have the drive to do well in school for what ever reason . If you remove them from the school for a given time , then reintroduce them back into that same school . They are now behind the rest of the class . So you now have a kid that does not work hard at there schooling that now needs to work even harder then before just to catch up . Depending on there support system that task can now be unreachable . I speak from experience here , I'm not going to get into my specifics but trust me I know of what I speak .
It becomes what appears to the kid an impossible undertaking so they don't even try anymore . I'll admit in my case it was my unwillingness to try my hardest likely because I just didn't care . Remember I'm 13 & 14 years old , not really having a grasp on what's best for my future . This ultimately results in my dropping out of school . I was truly lucky my family had there own business and shortly after dropping out I was working 40yrs a week . If I had not had that outlet who knows what would have happened . Having a job where others counted on me to further there's taught me maybe more then any schooling at the time could have . I later became a single father and that changed me for the better even more .
My over all point here is that I understand the idea of that type of program , but they only work if 1) the school or whom ever follows through with the kid , 2) the kid puts in the work which in some cases means #1 needs to be pushed hard .
Anyways if done "right" ( and I don't know what that is exactly ) those types of programs can help IMHO .
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