B
She gave him an F on that paper. And I thought, well now, here you have a student who is trying to pass, who is struggling with your subject and you give them an F on something that doesn't seem that bad to me. What are you telling that student? You're telling them that, hey, you might as well forget it, you know.
A
Well, you see, I think that, that harks right back to the elementary and junior high years. Because I have a stepson now who's twenty-five and, uh, I was just absolutely shocked, uh, the first time that I saw his schoolwork. Uh, I remember being, you know, taught, and I think, you know, you have to teach how to write an answer and, you know, how to construct a thought process.
B
Uh-huh.
A
And, you know, they can get a, they can grasp the points. Can they convey the data verbally or in writing. And that's what's, you know, really scary to me. Uh, I would really, you know, there's such a, a push among young mothers these days to make sure their child is computer literate. I would really think that they should be stressing more can the kid write a thought and at an early age. And if they can't, I mean if they have missed that training, then somebody, you know, before you're, you're start penalizing them with bad grades for not being able to communicate what they're thinking, teach them these basic skills.
B
Yeah. It's pretty sad to think, uh, about those who, even today, are graduating from school and they are telling that they don't know how to read, you know.
A
Well, my stepson, you know, I, he went into the Navy or Air Force. I just really get my military, I married into a military family,