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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These posters obsessed with the 50% rule are misguided. There are dozens of far greater issues facing our schools including a lack of emphasise on academics.[/quote]

I think the people complaining about the 50% rule view that as interlinked with the lack of emphasis on academics......because how can you have a focus on academic excellence when a kid can get 50% for doing nothing? Those two things aren't compatible.[/quote]

50% is still failing.  What bearing does that have on the rigor of a class or its assignments, or the supports in place to assist students.  Those are the things that deal with academic excellence.[/quote]

You can't have a culture and standard of academic excellence if you've manipulated the bar to make it easy to get away with doing the bare minimum. I don't know why this is difficult for you to comprehend.[/quote]

They aren't. The bar is whatever they decide it is. Why are you so obsessed with this? [/quote]

Why are you so obsessed with convincing who don't think the 50% rule is ok that it is ok? You don't see an issue with it. Fine. Others do. Ok. Move on and agree to disagree.[/quote]

NP.  I'm not going to dive into the weeds.  But just wanted to note that people who are upset about the 50% rule usually care because it negatively affects their own kids.  I have one kid who just wouldn't get with the program-- missed deadlines; turned in bad work.  The 50% rule enabled the behavior because it wasn't enough of a penalty.  (Don't get me started on the liberal makeup policy-- I get that it helps some kids, but it is a HUGE problem for my kid because I can't enforce deadlines effectively if mcps rules tell late work/bad work is no big deal.)

I'm probably not going to check this thread again, so bash me or don't bash, doesn't matter.  But I feel like many posters say parents should stop complaining about these easy rules because they are meant for some other population-- they should focus on their own kids and let that other population take advantage of the lax rules.  But when MCPS outlines very easy policies, all kids (including *MY* kids) get the impression they don't need to work hard, meet deadlines, turn in good work the first time.  So it makes my parenting so much harder and less effective.

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