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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Luckily this hasn’t been needed yet, but I’d want to know whether an E my child earned was 5% or 50%. I’d value that info.[/quote]

Why? 50% is cause enough for alarm, once it's an F I'd want to see the test, the score doesn't carry the information.[/quote]
 
Getting less than a 50% can doom some kids to failure.  Staff typically give one assessment per week,  so if a C student gets an extremely grade, it puts them in a hole that is very hard to climb out of for the rest of the semester.  The kid can basically say, “ I am going to fail anyways so why bother trying for the rest of the quarter.”  The 50%rule for minimum effort/success gives the student a fighting chance not to fail a class.  [/quote]

So rather than teach our kids the value of grit and determination in the face of adversity, we lower the bar for them?  How is that going to serve them well in life?[/quote]

It's ok.  If we all keep voting democrat, everything will be free anyway![/quote]

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