Why do kids in "regular" courses get A's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a student masters the material in a class and meets the criteria, they get an A. That is how it works.

What planet is the OP on?

Because of they way grades are now calculated, I have no faith that an A means students have mastered the information. In DCPS, HS grades are

40% assessments. (Minimum 4/quarter)
50% practice and application (Minimum 5/quarter)
10% participation. (Minimum 2 observations/ quarter )

A lazy teacher has the discretion to have each assignment/test worth 10% of a student's grade for the QUARTER...talk about high stakes.

How is that laziness? I had a college course with 10 quizzes each worth 10%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a student masters the material in a class and meets the criteria, they get an A. That is how it works.

What planet is the OP on?

How to get a B in non honors courses:
- Show up.
- Turn in homework.

How to get an A:
- Show up.
- Turn in homework.
- Sweet talk teacher and/or do decent on tests.

They're not mastering anything. They nor their families comprehend there's a 40-50% gap in the material they're being taught. It's a farce, a con job.

So you are still upset that the kid next door got an A and your "honors" child got a B?
You need to let it go.
Life isn't fair -- you should know this by now and teach your child that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a student masters the material in a class and meets the criteria, they get an A. That is how it works.

What planet is the OP on?

How to get a B in non honors courses:
- Show up.
- Turn in homework.

How to get an A:
- Show up.
- Turn in homework.
- Sweet talk teacher and/or do decent on tests.

They're not mastering anything. They nor their families comprehend there's a 40-50% gap in the material they're being taught. It's a farce, a con job.

So you are still upset that the kid next door got an A and your "honors" child got a B?
You need to let it go.
Life isn't fair -- you should know this by now and teach your child that too.

My kids ace their AP and honors courses. My kids are 2-3 grade levels ahead of their non-honors peers at the same school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, yours is hands down the stupidest post I have ever seen on DCUM, which really is saying something. You should get a certificate.

+1 I think OP is the stupid one in this scenario.

+1,000,000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't even understand the suggestion. That if you are not in an Honors/AP course you get the max of a B?

Yes, to send a real signal to parents and students the class is not anywhere near par for college prep. All these phony A's (and B's) just create a false sense of accomplishment.

The "accomplishment" is supposed to be learning something/mastering the material that is taught. If you master the material in a non-honors level course, you get an A. Is this really so hard to understand? OP, I think you might need to be demoted back down to non-honors level DCUM.

I'd * this post but I'm not sure I qualify for Honors/AP/IB level DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't even understand the suggestion. That if you are not in an Honors/AP course you get the max of a B?

Yes, to send a real signal to parents and students the class is not anywhere near par for college prep. All these phony A's (and B's) just create a false sense of accomplishment.

The "accomplishment" is supposed to be learning something/mastering the material that is taught. If you master the material in a non-honors level course, you get an A. Is this really so hard to understand? OP, I think you might need to be demoted back down to non-honors level DCUM.

The issue is colleges accept them with inflated GPAs and shitty test scores and they all inevitably fail out. Why? Because kids and parents were conned into thinking they were prepared for college due to inflated GPAs. What you get is millions of kidding tapping $30k 50k 75k in loans with no degree or way to ever pay it back. Almost worse than the loans is kids who guilt trip their gullible parents out of cash for college because "I got A's and B's!"

I don't think we're living in the same reality.

It sounds like you know so many failures that they're veritably cascading out of college with surprise, their high school As and Bs as pillows cushioning the blow.

Personally, I suspect the problem isn't so much the grade inflation (though that comes into play) as their decision to devote tens of thousands of dollars to a subject with no actual market value.

Sorry, but the world doesn't really another cutie pie with a degree in Art History/Angry Studies - gendered or racial/Sociology/English/Physical Education/Psychology/Etc.

Apparently "Communications" is still employable, but that's a joke the Gods are playing on the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

I think OP has a point, even if that point is expressed inelegantly.
I don't agree with 'down-grading' regular classes compared to honors classes. I do believe that high schools aren't properly preparing students for college level classes. Many high school graduates with decent GPAs need remediation before beginning college level work.