High School bs end of the year projects

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When the teacher literally says this is designed to be a grade booster project and is based on effort and participation, you know this is indeed a bs project. Thanks but my kid doesn’t need the boost or the extra work.

Then do the bare minimum to get the 50% and move on if you don't need fluff points and isn't worth a bazillion points. Good life lesson about prioritizing important tasks.

That 50% could pull my kid down, so no they will want to put maximum effort in. So in a sense, this “grade boosting” project actually publishes the good kids who don’t need it.

Punishes

[Anonymous]

The lesson here is you can do crappy all year and there will be a bs project at the end to boost your grade. But if you worked your butt off all year, and are now burned out, you still have more work to do. Sucks for the kids with As already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So like I said, have teachers do short lectures or quick one day assignments. The only reason teachers are doing these bs “projects” is so they can coast and not teach the rest of the year.

Not true.

Teachers need to give adequate time for retakes, late work, kids missing class for SOLs or EOY testing, and other end-of-year tasks.

No teacher is "coasting" at the end of the year. They are desperately trying to get work from kids, give kids an opportunity to retake low assessments, etc.

You should be kissing their feet right now, not unjustly accusing them of taking the easy way out.

My point stands. They are not actively teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So like I said, have teachers do short lectures or quick one day assignments. The only reason teachers are doing these bs “projects” is so they can coast and not teach the rest of the year.

Not true.

Teachers need to give adequate time for retakes, late work, kids missing class for SOLs or EOY testing, and other end-of-year tasks.

No teacher is "coasting" at the end of the year. They are desperately trying to get work from kids, give kids an opportunity to retake low assessments, etc.

You should be kissing their feet right now, not unjustly accusing them of taking the easy way out.

My point stands. They are not actively teaching.

Yet another troll parent who just wants to bash teachers. It is end of the year. Testing season. It has always been like this. Deal.

[Anonymous]

Complaining about a workload that’s not even yours is something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The lesson here is you can do crappy all year and there will be a bs project at the end to boost your grade. But if you worked your butt off all year, and are now burned out, you still have more work to do. Sucks for the kids with As already.

+1. I don’t know why the work isn’t optional for kids who are happy with their grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The lesson here is you can do crappy all year and there will be a bs project at the end to boost your grade. But if you worked your butt off all year, and are now burned out, you still have more work to do. Sucks for the kids with As already.

+1. I don’t know why the work isn’t optional for kids who are happy with their grades.

+100 it absolutely should be. How about we reward the kids who worked their butts off all year to maintain an A and let them opt out of this “grade boosting” waste of a time project?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So like I said, have teachers do short lectures or quick one day assignments. The only reason teachers are doing these bs “projects” is so they can coast and not teach the rest of the year.

So let me get this straight, you want your kid to do less work the last few weeks but still want teachers to do more work. I hope your kid inherited logic and reasoning skills from someone else.

+1

Just wait until college when there are exams and assignments due right after (or during) spring break. Do the work. Your college self will thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Complaining about a workload that’s not even yours is something.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So like I said, have teachers do short lectures or quick one day assignments. The only reason teachers are doing these bs “projects” is so they can coast and not teach the rest of the year.

Not true.

Teachers need to give adequate time for retakes, late work, kids missing class for SOLs or EOY testing, and other end-of-year tasks.

No teacher is "coasting" at the end of the year. They are desperately trying to get work from kids, give kids an opportunity to retake low assessments, etc.

You should be kissing their feet right now, not unjustly accusing them of taking the easy way out.

My point stands. They are not actively teaching.

Yet another troll parent who just wants to bash teachers. It is end of the year. Testing season. It has always been like this. Deal.

+1

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and agree with OP. Constantly fighting with other teachers on this topic. Hage BS projects and all these completion grades. Done with curriculum? Look at the kids in your classroom: if they are strong kids, do a serious challenging project where kids apply skills they learned in the year; if kids are on the weaker side, do daily activities that will allow for extra practice preparing them for next level class. Or enrichment mini lessons - there are always good options for enrichment in any subject at any grade level. Need grades to keep kids focused? Make short exit tickets style assignments, no homework needed. Anything but busy work bs projects worth 100 points

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and agree with OP. Constantly fighting with other teachers on this topic. Hage BS projects and all these completion grades. Done with curriculum? Look at the kids in your classroom: if they are strong kids, do a serious challenging project where kids apply skills they learned in the year; if kids are on the weaker side, do daily activities that will allow for extra practice preparing them for next level class. Or enrichment mini lessons - there are always good options for enrichment in any subject at any grade level. Need grades to keep kids focused? Make short exit tickets style assignments, no homework needed. Anything but busy work bs projects worth 100 points

+1 thank you! I’m the OP and a former teacher who taught until the very end and never did bs projects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high schooler has now been slapped with 2 bs projects to take them through the end of the year. Why can’t they give these kids a break? Just do short lessons and discussions with minimal work. So annoyed! So now he has to use his Memorial Day weekend to work on the ridiculous projects.

Nearby school districts have a senior experience where seniors can engage in an approved experience outside of school (like travel, internship, reading, hiking, etc.). Arlington high schools do that, and they're not the only ones. There's no reason to keep seniors at school.

[Anonymous]

It could be worse. Our kids have been watching a movie for the past 3 days of school in one subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and agree with OP. Constantly fighting with other teachers on this topic. Hage BS projects and all these completion grades. Done with curriculum? Look at the kids in your classroom: if they are strong kids, do a serious challenging project where kids apply skills they learned in the year; if kids are on the weaker side, do daily activities that will allow for extra practice preparing them for next level class. Or enrichment mini lessons - there are always good options for enrichment in any subject at any grade level. Need grades to keep kids focused? Make short exit tickets style assignments, no homework needed. Anything but busy work bs projects worth 100 points

I agree with all of this but that would create more work for the teachers and then they apparently can’t focus on all this end of year stuff they have to do that actually isn’t teaching.