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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem was kids basically refusing to do work or submit assignments since they knew they would still pass with a D if they just turned a few in.  Now teachers can give a zero% immediately if a student does no work.  Then just email home once.  No 3 attempts BS requirement or requirement for 2 way communication that parents can ignore.[/quote]

Ok they pass with a D.  They are likely not going to college with a D average.  If a kid is doing no work let them finish with a 1.0 and MCPs can focus on the kids who bother to do their work.  I do not care if those kids are getting Fs or Ds.  I do care about the kids who generally do their work but occasionally mess up and can succeed  over the course of the semester by getting a 50 as opposed to a 30.  If that kid takes a whole year of college to realize their professors do not have a 50% rule, it is on them.  I will add that both my kids but all kids of boosts in college.  Not the 50% rule, but drop your lowest quiz, retake 1 test, hand in 2 hws late.  All kind of things.  One was at an ivy.[/quote]

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