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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that OP is the only one opposed, lol. I’m strongly for these immediate changes.[/quote]

What grade is your kid in? I’m fine with this for my 7th grader when she starts HS, but not okay with it for my 10th grader. It’s just not fair to these kids to change the rule on how semester grades are calculated halfway through HS. [/quote]

But isn't it better to change it now to prepare them for college? Otherwise they will just get thrown into college without experience with real grading.[/quote]

Real grading? I thought it was about real leaning.[/quote]

Please tell me how real learning can happen when little Johnny doesn’t show up for 10 weeks because he knows he got a C during MP3…

If grades weren’t important for learning, we wouldn’t have them. But they absolutely are necessary, at least for students whose minds are not fully developed, and would not be intrinsically motivated to learn algebraic equations. Also, teachers cannot adequately measure a students learning without grades. If you would like to keep living in La La Land, go ahead…
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I am absolutely baffled that people here care about the kid who doesn’t show up for 10 weeks and gets a C. What does that have to do with my kid? Teachers keep moving the lessons along. Some of you are absolutely nuts. Set standards for your own kid. [/quote]

Um, excuse me, but your privilege is showing.

You are forgetting that us teachers have to deal with ALL kids. We can’t just pick and choose. When the kid who is absent for 10 weeks and randomly shows up one day, we are the ones who have to try to catch them up. We can’t just move the lessons along—so yeah that disruptive kid also affects your kid.

Also—these kids who skip are not just staying home. They are wandering the halls in droves and causing disruptions for all classes and students. Hall sweeps? We are told they don’t work and admin refuses. ISS? Now that’s not “equitable” and is no longer allowed.

What other recourse do we have to keep these kids engaged and attending if they won’t implement an attendance policy or bring back truancy court.

Must be nice to sit in your little house on the hill and not have to worry about what we deal with DAILY in the classroom. I have kids right now who have missed a good 75% of the quarter and admin is breathing down my neck to have me give them make-up work to pass.

Some stakeholders, other than privilege parents, have a lot more to worry about. That’s not nuts that doing our f-ing job.[/quote]

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