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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about when the kids that abuse the rule on a daily basis ( I would say the number is 25% in honors classes and 75% in no honors), become the catalysts for the entire classroom to be loud and obnoxious so everyone's work and learning is stifled.  All because a new rule is we have to give you credit for nothing and it is impossible to give detention or any negative consequences. Basically with this 50% rule incentivizes students to have the option of saying "screw it" and then still getting credit like something was turned in.  Then you will get to a grade grubbing system where they do 20 % of the assignment so they want a 70% because 50+ 20 = 70.  Teaching kids that nothing equals  half is a bad lesson.  [/quote]

Are you a hs teacher? Because I am, and this is not my experience.

Especially with the idea that 70% of their grade is summative assignments, lazily futzing through busy work isn’t salvaging their grade. 50% on everything is still a failure.[/quote]

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