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Reply to "This is why open enrollment and 50% minimum grades need to stop"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]50% is an F. An F is an F. Is an F. you want to demand some kind of Super F?[/quote] This always comes up in these types of discussions. Students don't just get one grade in a school year. A 50 for an assignment that doesn't deserve a 50 or is not even attempted gets averaged with other grades that may be higher, so that the student passes while doing a fraction of the work required. In my district, homework is 10%. That means that a kid who blindly copies homework answers all year is at a 60 and needs just 4% to pass, even if he/she is scoring 10% on assessments. Add in a couple of projects and bingo--the student passes for the year. You have to realize that teaching less, slowing things down, and passing everybody makes my life much much easier. But it's not good for students.[/quote]
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