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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ehh... my kid doesn't care THAT much about grades.  Of course we want him to do his best, but we aren't getting our panties in a bunch just because they tweak the grading system a little one way or the other.

Apparently the grading system isn't "demotivating" him or others too much.  My kid scored a perfect score on the PSAT math and did pretty well on the Reading/Writing section.  And if you saw the other thread, apparently, 40% of kids have a 4.0!  I doubt that the grading policy is demotivating kids so much that they aren't learning what they need to learn.  AP exams and SAT scores are objective measures of kids learning material or not.

Just learn.  Do your best.  Live life and carry on.[/quote]

That wasn't Madison with the 40 percent. Over 50 percent of Madison goes to Nova. No way 40 percent have over 4.0[/quote]

That is definitely wrong about 50% going to NoVa.
My kid went to Oakton just a mile away, similar population,  and the 40% 4.0 sounds about right--went to that senior award ceremony last year and they ALL got medals for graduation. It might have even been higher than 40%.[/quote]

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