Debating the 22 Credit Rule
Should students have to take classes they don't want to?
March 4, 2010 • Rolly Lloyd, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
I am currently a senior at Clayton A. Bouton high school, which is nestled in the quiet town of Voorheesville. This is the time of year when most seniors would like to have the least and also easiest classes of all time. This was possible but the Board of Education at Clayton A. Bouton has changed the rule dramatically.
Students are not allowed to have fewer than 6.5 credits during senior year, even if they have the minimal amount to graduate, which is 22 credits throughout your whole high school career. I believe this rule is very unnecessary. If you have completed the 22 credits and are eligible to graduate you should not have to take classes you don’t need to.
Speaking with a few students who have had to take many classes that they did not want to take showed that they have a similar viewpoint. Dylan Parry, also a senior at Clayton A. Bouton, had to take a class he didn’t want to because he did not have the minimal credit amount for his senior year. Dylan says, “ I think the credit rule is a little overboard.” Also, Senior Steven Ianno has a similar viewpoint as Dylan. He said ” I don’t like that very much.” He says it takes up time where you could be out of school working to earn money to pay for college. Darren Staples, another senior at Clayton A. Bouton, says if you “did your share, you shouldn’t have to come to school. It’s wasting useful time where we could start college early.”
I believe that the Board of Education should review this rule because many students could be doing other important things like working, extra study halls or going to college early. In 11th grade students are able to graduate early and that is pretty much the same thing.
When students get mad at their guidance counselors they shouldn’t. The Board of Education tells the guidance counselors to tell the students this rule. If students are ready to argue with the amount of credits they have to take they need to plead their case to the Board of Education and then the Board will determine if that student is eligible to take less than the minimal credits.
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