Carol The Education Guardian
Carol Morgan wouldn’t let her son get behind. One of Carol’s favorite movie’s from the 1990s was the film Braveheart. If you have seen the film you know this movie is not for the faint of heart nor for people who back down. Carol did not back down for herself or her children. Carol would not have let Robert the Bruce give up either. Hoooooooooold!
Seth Morgan, son of Carol, remembers fondly when his mother fought for him like Scottish independence was on the line. You see, Carol knew her son, knew him well in this era. In the early 1990s there was an education movement called “outcomes based education” in which the High School Seth would have gone to was to adopt upon his arrival. Carol knew her son and that he would not thrive in this education model. Seth was competitive and a system without grades would lead more towards his mediocrity than his excellence.
Carol went to work and found alternatives for her son. She settled upon Regis Jesuit High School which is considered either the second or third best private school in all of Colorado. Seth never forgot the day his Mom drove him to take an entrance exam at this private high school. Seth walked into the examination hall and was several minutes into the exam when he asked himself, “where are the girls?” Regis was an all boys High School - a note Carol had conveniently forgot to tell Seth when she drove him to take the entrance exam. She understood persuasion as well.
Carol along with her husband Byron got Seth into this excellent school and figured out a way to pay for it.
Seth ended up excelling at this High School, averaging better than a 4.0 for ever year after his freshman year. Seth believes it is certain he thrived at a much great rate having attended this prestigious school whom utilized traditional education methods over what he would have if he would have attended a school using an experimental grading system like his local High School was. Carol knew her son and made sure he got into an environment where he would thrive, and he did.