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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Am I the only who who thinks that a high school diploma is so devalued that there is no harm giving kids who show up at least a D? We’re not talking about inflating their way into a great college, we’re talking about getting them across the stage.[/quote]

There is a huge value to getting kids across the stage. A HS diploma is the ticket to a full time job with health insurance and paid sick leave. Not every kid is book smart or has the capability to perform well in school. Before the days of transparency and online grades, teachers would D students out.  It was a huge service to those kids that needed the push to become productive and contributing members of society.  [/quote]

That “service” was not applied objectively though. It was very common for teachers to save kids they liked and failed those that they disliked. Just as extra credit was not offered objectively. I was a decent student in math, but really struggled alone because I was poor and my parents were in bad health and busy working. I was shocked to learn at the end of Geometry that the teacher awarded up to a hundred extra credit points for random things. She didn’t tell everyone this, just the students she liked —mostly the wealthier girls.[/quote]

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