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[quote=Anonymous]Because public HS is full of retakes.

I have one in private and one in public. My public HS kid has a retake option for every test. She can also correct incorrect answers for half credit to boost her grade, say if she got a C close to a B or B close to an A.

Most of her teachers require retakes if the student scores a D or F on the test. Most require turning in answer corrections for kids who score a C, especially when close to bumping to another letter grade.

Kids use the D/F rule to not study. DD has even admitted to it. She said she was overwhelmed one week and didn't have time to properly study, so she put that class on the backburner because she knew she could do a retest the next week when her schedule wasn't as busy.

My kid in private has no retakes. None of his teachers offer this or even offer test corrections for partial credit back.

Very few of his private school teachers even accept late work for partial credit. Due dates are firm. This is great for him because he needs firm due dates to keep on track and this is actually the reason why we switched him from public to private. When covid lockdowns first happened, we quickly saw that working from home and no firm rules/due dates would not work for him. He saved all his work up until the last minute to submit it and then didn't care if it was right or done well/completely... and from the grades he received from his teachers, they didn't care either.

I wanted to move DD to the private in 2022 but she wanted to stay with her friends. We agreed that as long as her grades remained good and she agreed to keep doing outside tutoring, we'd allow it. I hate that she's probably getting a lesser-quality education, but hopefully the outside tutoring helps fill the gap and she doesn't struggle in college. [/quote]

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