Any hope Youngkin will bring back 0s?

[Anonymous]

FCPS high school teacher here. The elimination of 0 grades has killed education. Kids have no consequences because they get 50 no matter what. I have students with 20 absences already, yet they still have a C. Kids are selective when they want to try because they know there is no consequences.

Don't even get me started on the social studies PBA instead of the SOL. What a farse. Kids just sneeze on a piece of paper and they get the verified credit.

I'm hoping Youngkin will get rid of the 50 minimum, SOL for social studies, truancy fines/punishments.

What are the odds any of these ever come back.

[Anonymous]

I think it is ridiculous. I think it is ridiculous that parents allow their kids to get away with this crap.

[Anonymous]

Do people just want to take away all decision making from locally elected bodies of government?

[Anonymous]

OP, I absolutely agree with you that those things should exist in public schools. I would be furious if they started being legislated at the state level. I don't want Richmond digging into the operations of our school systems and jurisdictions.

[Anonymous]

I really hope Youngkin has better things to do than micromanage the gradebooks of school systems.

--Another high school teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really hope Youngkin has better things to do than micromanage the gradebooks of school systems.

--Another high school teacher

Just take a look at Texas for a preview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people just want to take away all decision making from locally elected bodies of government?

Republicans love big government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people just want to take away all decision making from locally elected bodies of government?

If the school board has said that a kid not turning in work still starts with a 50%, then yeah, that needs to go away. Attendance does not equal a grade. Students need to be turning in work on time. Students not turning in work should earn a 0 on the assignment. Students turning in work late should lose points for turning in the assignment late. I promise you that these types of policies are not doing students any good. It is inflating grades and moving kids ahead when they are not ready. They are not teaching kids habits that will help them in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people just want to take away all decision making from locally elected bodies of government?

No, people have just given up on this local school board listening.

[Anonymous]

A 50 is an F

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people just want to take away all decision making from locally elected bodies of government?

Until they can begin governing responsibly, then yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 50 is an F

Yup. But the grade is recoverable. Why put a struggling student into situation from which he cannot recover? Why would they even try if they know there is no hope of passing the class? I think the policy is a good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 50 is an F

If I can pick the assignments I don't want to do and know that they will receive a 50%, then I know that if I do certain assignments and earn a higher grade, it is easier for me to get to a 70%, a C- and passing grade. I can choose what I want to do and not do. I don't have to do the assignments I really don't want to do and I can still pass the class.

If not turning in work means a 0 then I cannot pick and choose what I want to do because even a perfect score on half of the work is a 50% and an F.

I taught at the College level. Every semester I had students ask me what they needed to do to earn a C. My class was required for their major or met a Gen Ed requirement but they didn't really want to take it. I always knew those students were going to fail because they were going to try and cherry pick what work they needed to do and that was going to lead to trouble. If I had to give those students 50% on assignments and tests that they did not take, they might have been able to get that C because the amount of work that they needed to do to get the C was significantly lessened.

It is a stupid policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 50 is an F

If I can pick the assignments I don't want to do and know that they will receive a 50%, then I know that if I do certain assignments and earn a higher grade, it is easier for me to get to a 70%, a C- and passing grade. I can choose what I want to do and not do. I don't have to do the assignments I really don't want to do and I can still pass the class.

If not turning in work means a 0 then I cannot pick and choose what I want to do because even a perfect score on half of the work is a 50% and an F.

I taught at the College level. Every semester I had students ask me what they needed to do to earn a C. My class was required for their major or met a Gen Ed requirement but they didn't really want to take it. I always knew those students were going to fail because they were going to try and cherry pick what work they needed to do and that was going to lead to trouble. If I had to give those students 50% on assignments and tests that they did not take, they might have been able to get that C because the amount of work that they needed to do to get the C was significantly lessened.

It is a stupid policy.

But we aren’t discussing college, are we?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 50 is an F

Yup. But the grade is recoverable. Why put a struggling student into situation from which he cannot recover? Why would they even try if they know there is no hope of passing the class? I think the policy is a good one.

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