Grading at Walls

[Anonymous]

If they graduated in the past few years, they started pre-pandemic. This year’s graduating class (2024) was the class that started remotely with the lax DCPS grading policies. This year’s rising juniors (class of 2025) was the first class at Walls without the test.

[Anonymous]

Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

That’s a shame…and the honest kids are the ones who suffer because they will be among the few without all As…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

DC says several Walls classmates were caught cheating this year- were there no consequences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

DC says several Walls classmates were caught cheating this year- were there no consequences?

Probably not- maybe the kid gets an F which is a 63% and often doesn’t really affect grades. Many teachers just skirt around the cheating issue because parents start blaming the teacher. It becomes a headache and there end up being no consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

DC says several Walls classmates were caught cheating this year- were there no consequences?

Probably not- maybe the kid gets an F which is a 63% and often doesn’t really affect grades. Many teachers just skirt around the cheating issue because parents start blaming the teacher. It becomes a headache and there end up being no consequences.

How do parents blame a teacher for kids cheating? Seriously, I'm trying to get my head around this...I would flip out if my kid were caught cheating...and not at the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah. Well that would be annoying if all kids in GW program got a 1 point bump for every single class they took at GW (in 11th-12th). Not a fair comparison. Better option would have been to remove the 15 kids per year in GW program from global high school class ranking …..

That was suggested but the parents really fought tooth and nail for no ranking. There was one parent in particular with an agenda but I’ll leave it at that.

Isn't there always?

[Anonymous]

The best advice we've gotten for our rising senior is that every college with lower than a 15 percent admission rate should be considered a lottery. They all have many more kids than they can admit applying with very good grades and "interesting" extra curriculars. And most kids with good grades and good ECs can buy a 1400 SAT and are applying to 10+ schools. Plan accordingly.

[Anonymous]

If everyone gets a 4.0, then are AP exam scores the real differentiating factor among college applicants from Walls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If everyone gets a 4.0, then are AP exam scores the real differentiating factor among college applicants from Walls?

Ive got a kiddo who just finished 9th, im friends with a handful of parents.
We've got kids on sports, heavily involved, and **gasp** they got some B+s and A-s with their final grades - this is true for a lot of my kids cohort - did they get mostly As? yes.
But not every kid has a 4.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If everyone gets a 4.0, then are AP exam scores the real differentiating factor among college applicants from Walls?

Extracurriculars are a big thing. There are kids who really cool things in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

DC says several Walls classmates were caught cheating this year- were there no consequences?

Probably not- maybe the kid gets an F which is a 63% and often doesn’t really affect grades. Many teachers just skirt around the cheating issue because parents start blaming the teacher. It becomes a headache and there end up being no consequences.

How do parents blame a teacher for kids cheating? Seriously, I'm trying to get my head around this...I would flip out if my kid were caught cheating...and not at the teacher.

I had two different sets of parents yell at me about their kid cheating this year at one of the middle schools. People can suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

DC says several Walls classmates were caught cheating this year- were there no consequences?

Probably not- maybe the kid gets an F which is a 63% and often doesn’t really affect grades. Many teachers just skirt around the cheating issue because parents start blaming the teacher. It becomes a headache and there end up being no consequences.

How do parents blame a teacher for kids cheating? Seriously, I'm trying to get my head around this...I would flip out if my kid were caught cheating...and not at the teacher.

I had two different sets of parents yell at me about their kid cheating this year at one of the middle schools. People can suck.

Did they deny their kid cheated? Blame you for them cheating? Unacceptable either way but, again, I’m trying to get my head around this….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, inflated grading plus rampant cheating at Walls....

+1

And parents defend their kids fiercely. No consequences as a result.

DC says several Walls classmates were caught cheating this year- were there no consequences?

Probably not- maybe the kid gets an F which is a 63% and often doesn’t really affect grades. Many teachers just skirt around the cheating issue because parents start blaming the teacher. It becomes a headache and there end up being no consequences.

How do parents blame a teacher for kids cheating? Seriously, I'm trying to get my head around this...I would flip out if my kid were caught cheating...and not at the teacher.

I had two different sets of parents yell at me about their kid cheating this year at one of the middle schools. People can suck.

Did they deny their kid cheated? Blame you for them cheating? Unacceptable either way but, again, I’m trying to get my head around this….

Parents just claim their kid didn’t cheat and you can’t prove it. Or say their kid was stressed and they get to redo it. And then keep pressing to get a redo. Parents can be enablers to kids.