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[quote=Anonymous]To me, high standards make sense at the high end. A's are for excellence and excellence isn't easily attained. But C's are for mediocrity and if a school is saying we give C's where most other schools give A's AND it's got highly academically selective admissions, something is screwed up. Sometimes what's screwed up is curriculum or workload -- not evaluation. What smart kids need to learn to do well at even the most difficult college can be taught in four years of high school in ways that don't lead to burnout. And that simultaneously build competence and self-confidence. But the misplaced emphasis on elitism and rigor seem to be getting in the way of education.[/quote]
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