Our scores from the trigonometry test were finally given to us today. I very unexpectedly got a 110. How in the world did that happen when I didn't even finish the test?
It turns out that the teacher made all the graphing questions into bonus questions. I had finished everything except one of the graphing problems. All the other graphs were correct so that gave me a nice bonus.
The classes this semester are so different from those I've taken over the past five years. It's as if the teachers don't expect much from us because of our situation and continually lower their standards to make them fit us. How does that prepare us for a life outside? Many of the guys are here because they lowered their standards. It seems to me that, by lowering the educational standards to their (the inmates') level, the educators are merely encouraging the guys to stay the same. I know it's not true, but wouldn't it help more to maintain their (the teachers') original standards and require us to reach them?
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