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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private HS very well-earned.

They were public in middle school and basically just had to show up.  Many of their friends didn't even start assignments until after the due date and took retests all of the time...and could attain the same A.[/quote]

While not great habits, [b]procrastination is hardly unusual and retakes for an A is fine if they learn the material, which is the point (rather than getting the grade first or whatever)[/b].[/quote]

:roll:  :roll:  :roll:

This is what we have come too: low expectations, everyone gets a trophy.

It's fine if they are mentally challenged and need more time, a slower pace, more bites at the apple.  They should not be given the same grade.  If the standards are lowered and the bar keeps getting dropped, kids will meet the lowest common denominator.  We used to distinguish between kids that were prepared for rigorous college course load at the top 10-20 universities.  They aren't kids turning in things late and having trouble studying or retaining material and 3 chapters behind.  That is fine.  They can attend a university which moves at a slower pace and has more students in the same boat.  This is equivalent to putting a mediocre football player at best on Georgia or Michigan's teams.

Not every kid is the same. We started to fail when we want every ability to be the same for every child.  At some point we stopped awarding merit due to the poor self esteem it might cause in other students and a prime example of that was the hiding of the NSMF at local area high schools--many of them.  And now doing away with test scores...and hell you have some advocating for removal of GPAs as a standard too.  These are academic institutions, academic success matters.  We have thousands of universities in the country, not everyone is meant for a top 50.[/quote]

Your zero sum thinking is antiquated and wrong and your “participation trophies” trope points to you not being particularly bright.

[b]The purpose of education is to gain mastery of material. It’s perfectly fine if everyone gets an A if they learn it.[/b]

It’s like you think there should be a bell curve where the highest grades are rationed.

No one functions that way anymore. Certainly not employers. And profits are booming. [/quote]

Of course the goal is for everyone to learn the material.  Yes. 100%.  But this doesn't mean everyone of those kids is at the same intelligence level, genetically/learned, and able to do the work required at top universities.  This is what is meant by that post, but you have trouble with reading comprehension.  Fine, give them an A but perhaps put an asterisk by it.  My brother's very low grades in high school accurately portrayed him not being emotionally and developmentally ready for college.  He is a very naturally bright person, but was not ready for academics and did not thrive in school.  He was a late bloomer who finished college later and did well.  Today he probably would have graduated with a 4.0.[/quote]

Two points:

1. Yet again, no evidence that this, if true, is causing any problems
2. You anecdote about your brother perfectly illustrates why it is NOT causing problems as he finished college and did well. So you self-owned there, sorry.[/quote]

Nope.  It took him 10 years to earn a BS and it was not from a school in the top 100.  If he had all As and no test scores (which is very doable today--mom and dad could have done his work, teachers could have let him try, try and try again)--he very well could have taken the place of a student at a top 20 who was prepared because he had a helluva lot of ECs and was top-ranked nationally in his sport. But, guess what?  Many schools could not bend the academic rules for his admission with his required test scores and low gpa.  That wouldn't have been an issue today.[/quote]

Lol, no, sorry, your anecdote and speculation fail.  Who knows, he might have done better at a top 20 on a team with academic support.  You admit he was capable.[/quote]

He was assigned a tutor and was followed at his college.  He didn't even go pick up his 'paid' books that came with the scholarship.   The 4 athletic team roommates (not the same sport) didn't even add up to a 4.0 first semester.  He transferred out.

He was not capable at 18.  [/quote]

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