59% in Spanish Class

[Anonymous]

Awww the folks in here who are VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED to someone earning a D instead of an F if it wasn't "earned."

SMH. It's not like points are a finite resource. And it's not like grading isn't inherently arbitrary and deeply problematic, and like giving low marks is an effective way to promote learning among students who are otherwise not learning. It's... not. (The research on this has been clear for a generation; and yet we persist in perpetuating this because... inertia, basically.)

Our educational system has precious little to do with learning. A half point in an MCPS class tells us very little about what a student might or might not have learned, except possibly that student who earns an A in Spanish class has learned how to get A's in Spanish.

I am always glad to encounter flexible, thoughtful teachers who know that encouragement promotes learning better than discouragement, and who are there to help students meet their own goals, however they can. (I.e. The vast majority of MCPS professionals.)


OP, I'm glad your child managed the marginally-better grade, however that came to be. I wish you and your child whatever it is that you wish for yourselves.

[Anonymous]

PS LMAO at the poster who says "get an IEP or an accommodation" like all the tools that "good parents" need are right there for the asking. Just say the word and your student's impairment will have zero impact on their grades!

For what it's worth, there is a direct correlation between parental wealth and the likelihood that a student will receive accommodations or special education services. Students are less likely to receive accommodations or special education services when parents are less wealthy, when they are immigrants, when their parents are divorced (and even less likely when there is only one custodial parent.)

Students of parents who have graduate degrees are more likely to receive accommodations and special education services than students whose parents' highest degree is a bachelors or equivalent; and students whose parents' highest degree is a bachelor's or equivalent are more likely to receive accommodations and special education services than students whose parents' highest degree is a high school diploma.

And so forth.

So unless you think wealthy kids are just more disabled than everyone else, knock it TF off.

Or go post that on the special needs board, I dare you!

[Anonymous]

All of this is really moot because a D doesn't get credit anyways

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of this is really moot because a D doesn't get credit anyways

Yes, it does…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She receives the grade she earned

+1

On a similar note, I promised my daughter an incentive for getting straight A’s but in her Spanish class she is an 89.4%. Does not look like show get an a. I could encourage her to appeal to her teacher to bump her up, but that wouldn’t be fair since she didn’t earn that grade. Sometimes life is not fair.

It never hurts to ask, as a teacher I will change the grade only IF they asked me.

That seems a little unfair.

It's extremely unfair and unwinds what MCPS is trying to do for equity and equal opportunity.

[Anonymous]

The problem with kids and parents is they are no longer able to feel ashamed for their actions.