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Exactly!  Normally I wouldn't have bothered with HGC, but I can't stand this P system.  [b]It's teaching my child to do the minimum and get lazy.  No incentive to work harder[/b] - the teachers don't give enough "ES Opportunities" for a child to actually get an ES on the report card.  Kids who easily get Ps are ignored.  MCPS is teaching to the bottom.  80% of the teacher's time goes to the bottom few.   Luckily, DC got into HGC for next year.  I am interested to see how it feels for DC to be in a classroom of peers for the first time...[/quote]

You expect your child to learn to do their best from grades on a report card?

In my elementary school, there were no grades for K-6. I wonder how we managed?

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It's not the grades on the report card.  It that the kids don't get any feedback, the teachers aren't aware of their abilities, and don't have the time/energy to challenge the kids or care.  In your "no-grades K-6" I bet the teachers challenged you (your kids?), and had the expectation that you would work hard and learn.  Now, they don't care if the kids are "learning", they only care whether they can check the box by P.  The problem is, if the kids already knew that stuff (below their level math, etc.), they didn't actually learn anything.  Does that make sense?  [/quote]

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