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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:27:  I will have to contradict you there.  Colleges look at the level of rigor that class entailed and will questions why she chose the "easy" class if she can really do more (they would look at her past math classes).

OP:  The truth is that too many parents think their kids belong in honors classes and force them into one before they are ready. Of course as parents we all should want our children to do their best and push them to reach their potential, but some parents are clouded by the love for their child to see what their abilities are at that moment.  The parents don't normally care about the growth their child makes in the subject, but expects their kid to get straight A's, because somehow they can't see the achievement of going from a C to a B. Then when their DC doesn't EARN the A, it is ALWAYS the teacher's fault. 
 I wish more schools would switch out of the letter grade system and do something that actual tracks what they have learned, and their growth over the year.  Then, maybe the helicopter parents will stop harassing their poor kids and their teachers over letter grades - which are pretty irrelevant.[/quote]

So 85% of the class don't belong there? When 85% of the class fails, it's always the teacher's fault. Always.[/quote]

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