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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]50% is an F. An F is an F. Is an F.

you want to demand some kind of Super F?[/quote]

If a students sits in the back of the room with air pods in, never turns in any work, looks for every possible opportunity to leave the classroom, fails every exam and quiz, tries to cheat and still doesn't even know enough to get a single answer right, that student deserves a zero. [/quote]

Do you think a zero is somehow worse than an F? [/quote]

A zero means you have no chance of passing the class and you have to repeat the class. You have demonstrated that you learned nothing and did no work. A kid with a 50% still has a chance to pass the class and has turned something in, has paid attention/participated at least some of the time, and has not completely and intentionally checked out. [/quote]

There are lots of grades.  A 0 doesn't mean you fail the class - if you do other work.  [/quote]

I have had students that do absolutely no work. Not many, but there are a few every year. So, every grade is a zero. Maybe on a test, 1 or 2 multiple choice questions are circled correctly and the grade was a 15. I had a student just draw a picture on her exam with a bunch of profane words. That was a zero.[/quote]

Not where I teach. Any attempt at all means the grade defaults to a 50%. So there could be a struggling student who studies and tries and scores a 50%. Is it fair that a kid who writes his name on the test and does nothing else earns the same grade as the first kid? [/quote]

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