Bad grades? Let's teach them less

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just cancel school. screw the kids who are succeeding.

My kids are doing fine. Screw the ones who aren't.

-DCUM

Yes!! Screw the ones who aren't keeping up. This world is getting Darwinian. Enough of the excuses: But the pandemic. But the teachers. But Trump. Blame yourself if your kids are not succeeding. Train your kids to have great organizational skills, study habits, and monitor / teach them to self-monitor. My God, it is not THAT hard.

The world always has been and always will be Darwinian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The world always has been and always will be Darwinian.

The question is whether, recognizing that fact, we embrace the Lord of the Flies or attempt to build a better world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The world always has been and always will be Darwinian.

The question is whether, recognizing that fact, we embrace the Lord of the Flies or attempt to build a better world.

Lord of the Flies is not the best analogy here. I suggest people look at the Hunger Games or Divergent or the fall of Ancient Rome until Charlemagne in Western Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just cancel school. screw the kids who are succeeding.

My kids are doing fine. Screw the ones who aren't.

-DCUM

Yes!! Screw the ones who aren't keeping up. This world is getting Darwinian. Enough of the excuses: But the pandemic. But the teachers. But Trump. Blame yourself if your kids are not succeeding. Train your kids to have great organizational skills, study habits, and monitor / teach them to self-monitor. My God, it is not THAT hard.

The world always has been and always will be Darwinian.

Yeah, but that word doesn't mean what you think it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been going on for years in MCPS. The Board of Education has been complacent with MCPS trying to cover up problems instead of raising the bar of education.

MCPS used to have semester exams that were a large chunk of final grades. For high school courses, the exams prepared students to learn study skills for long cumulative tests. These tests also made students earn a semester grade vs. just be given the higher grade. For example, if you receive marking period grades of A and B, you needed an A for a semester grade of an A. Without an exam, if a student gets an A, the semester grade will be an A as long as a student earns a B.

Also, currently-

89.5 = A
79.5 = B
69.5 = C
59.5 = D

If MCPS students are struggling with digital learning, perhaps teach MORE. Students have a fraction of the instructional time that they had before COVID. Perhaps have a more normal schedule with an 8am start time, 3pm end time, and all class periods with normal lunch time 5 DAYS A WEEK. Wednesdays are waisted time. 15 minutes of “optional” office hours is not enough time to help a struggling student.

All students are falling behind in learning because MCPS has slowed down teaching.

In case you have not heard, but there is a pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Parents keep pushing for lowering the standards then complain when they do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

And? What's your point? Curriculum is going to be further slowed and expectations lowered to accommodate the students you're writing off. It sounds like the pandemic has been a wonderful educational boon for you and you'll hate to see it go...but the bill is coming due.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

And? What's your point? Curriculum is going to be further slowed and expectations lowered to accommodate the students you're writing off. It sounds like the pandemic has been a wonderful educational boon for you and you'll hate to see it go...but the bill is coming due.

-Distance learning is a disaster for all kids!
-It's not a disaster for my kid.
-It's not a disaster for my kid either.
-It will be a disaster for your kids too, you egotistical hater!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

And? What's your point? Curriculum is going to be further slowed and expectations lowered to accommodate the students you're writing off. It sounds like the pandemic has been a wonderful educational boon for you and you'll hate to see it go...but the bill is coming due.

-Distance learning is a disaster for all kids!
-It's not a disaster for my kid.
-It's not a disaster for my kid either.
-It will be a disaster for your kids too, you egotistical hater!

Yes, DL has been a district-wide disaster.

[Anonymous]

How about dialing up support (academic and emotional) for those who are struggling? Or breaking kids into different sections based on how well they are doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

And? What's your point? Curriculum is going to be further slowed and expectations lowered to accommodate the students you're writing off. It sounds like the pandemic has been a wonderful educational boon for you and you'll hate to see it go...but the bill is coming due.

-Distance learning is a disaster for all kids!
-It's not a disaster for my kid.
-It's not a disaster for my kid either.
-It will be a disaster for your kids too, you egotistical hater!

Yes, DL has been a district-wide disaster.

If you're fraudulently papering over failure and lowering standards, then yeah it's not working as intended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

And? What's your point? Curriculum is going to be further slowed and expectations lowered to accommodate the students you're writing off. It sounds like the pandemic has been a wonderful educational boon for you and you'll hate to see it go...but the bill is coming due.

-Distance learning is a disaster for all kids!
-It's not a disaster for my kid.
-It's not a disaster for my kid either.
-It will be a disaster for your kids too, you egotistical hater!

Yes, DL has been a district-wide disaster.

You know, it's possible to believe that distance learning has been a disaster for many kids, or most kids, without insisting that it has been a disaster for each and every student in MCPS without exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid loves DL. He always complained to me about the kids in class who misbehaved and occupied the teacher's time. Now those kids either don't log on turn on their cameras. He says that school is good now. No wasted time. They also don't spend a lot of time in small groups doing busy work waiting for the teacher to meet with their group. He logs on three times a week for his small group time. The other two days, he can work on his classwork offline. I think the teachers are just getting back to teaching the material instead of the three-ring circus. The PITA kids don't show up and waste class time. He doesn't want to go back this year.

Same here. My kids actually are learning better with DL too.

And? What's your point? Curriculum is going to be further slowed and expectations lowered to accommodate the students you're writing off. It sounds like the pandemic has been a wonderful educational boon for you and you'll hate to see it go...but the bill is coming due.

-Distance learning is a disaster for all kids!
-It's not a disaster for my kid.
-It's not a disaster for my kid either.
-It will be a disaster for your kids too, you egotistical hater!

Yes, DL has been a district-wide disaster.

You know, it's possible to believe that distance learning has been a disaster for many kids, or most kids, without insisting that it has been a disaster for each and every student in MCPS without exception.

It's saying the same thing. If it were a disaster for "many/most kids", then it's a district-wide disaster. Just because some or many kids are thriving doesn't change that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been going on for decades. As my mom tells it, BCC was a top public which school in the country when she was there 60 years ago.

I went to BCC back then and sorry but things are much better today. Perhaps, you like to romanticize the past to justify your personal failings but by any objective measure, MCPS has greatly improved at least for anyone interested in getting an education.