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[quote=Anonymous]A little perspective: 
In France, grades are out of 20 and earning a 20/20 is very rare. When I came to the US, after having sampled German, French, British and Japanese education systems, I was rather horrified at the ease with which many average students could achieve an A. I taught at university, and my supervising Professor actually told me that criticizing students or grading them too harshly was not allowed (fear of being sued?).

I feel that pandering to students' self-esteem in this way is going too far and hurting their chances in the "real world", as well as decreasing US competitiveness.

Now to go back to the new grading system. 
The truth is that many teachers will not have time (or bother) to identify the rare, exceptional students that could earn an ES. And many exceptional students will not be able to or will decide not to show they are ES potential. 
That's life.

My 1st grader is reading at a 3-4th grade level. Will he get a P or an ES? Interesting.

And don't get me started on the dumbed down, undifferentiated, curriculum. But that's another topic.[/quote]

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