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Retakes are mandatory in that we have to allow them. But a bunch of kids won’t bother doing the retake. They do not care. I will give an assignment and they say “what will my grade be if I don’t do this?” I tell them I don’t play number games like that. Do it or don’t and then deal with what the result is. You cannot imagine the amount of support we have to give to some kids to even pick up a pencil and LOOK like they’re attempting something. The kids who are gonna do it will do it and do fine but the ones who are failing even with all the buffers and protections we have in the policy to prevent failing are TRULY doing absolutely nothing despite reminders, redirects, help from teacher, retakes, etc. It’s wild. I don’t call anymore. It has never once resulted in the kid changing their behaviors. It just becomes me having to explain what I have done to justify why the kid won’t write down two sentences for an exit ticket.

+1000. All of this. I also offer extra help during my planning time and afterschool 1-2 days a week and I make this widely known to students and parents. The only people who take me up on it are the kids already doing pretty well and looking to get their B to an A.[/quote]

+1 million
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