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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a relatively new high school teacher.  Once I realized how much the school system rounds up everything, I decided I have to make all my grading harder, so that an A or B during one quarter doesn't make a kid pass to easily.   It was very frustrating seeing kids get an A or B first quarter and then becoming really lazy the next quarter.[/quote]

As a long-time reader of these boards, I heard a lot about lax standards and multiple retakes in HS.  But now that my kid is here, I haven't seen it.  The standards seem hard and classes seem way harder than anything I had at the same age (and I was an honors student).  I was never a freshman in Algebra II and Foreign Language 4.  And yes, the pacing, testing, and grading seem challenging to me.   So I want a teacher who challenges my kid but I do find it odd to do it purposefully to push down kids' grades rather than the spirit of making them rise to the challenge.[/quote]

Well stated.[/quote]

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