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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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's wonderful we don't have to worry about your child with a perfect psat score for whatever grading is decided going forward. A huge relief. [/quote]

Kids CAN learn with whatever grading policy is used.   I know some of you like to think the grading policy is THE most important piece of educating kids.  I just don't think it is.  And apparently a lot of kids are doing quite well by objective measures (even if a few kids/parents don't think the quality of classroom discussion is up to par or that their kids feel "demotivated" by the system).  Adapt, people.  [/quote]

Or not. Don't fix something if it aint broke. I don't like the new grading system. Very little if anything of benefit and a lot wrong with it. You've said nothing beneficial other than come on guys, why are you making my new proposal so tough to implement? There are no benefits and you admit your straight A kid isn't affected so why even post if you have no agenda? You have some agenda beyond your kid. That's certain. People care about other stuff. It's just that this is the change that is going on so we're having a discussion on it. That's the topic here.[/quote]

My "agenda" is observing overly dramatic parents making mountains out of molehills, and encouraging parents to step back and get some perspective.  Grading policy tweaks are not the be-all-and-end-all of education.  Kids ARE learning.  Somehow!   Take a breather and let it go.  Your kid will be alright even if they don't get a special award for doing it faster than someone else.  Namasté![/quote]

Having homework not count towards a final grade isn’t going to make all of the top-performing kids suddenly start to fail. So ridiculous.

Some people just like to complain. They get off on it. [/quote]

Like you? You sat this doesn't affect you but then are on here day after day? Why? Do you get off on it? Project much? People just want the old grading system. That's actually the opposite of complaining. You could say this change is a complaint. At any rate you have no business being in this discussion because you have no pros or cons for the old or the new system. Your posts contribute nothing. [/quote]

I never said it doesn’t affect me. You are confusing posters.

My point was that having homework not count towards a final grade isn’t going to make all of the top-performing kids suddenly start to fail. It’s a ridiculous argument. [/quote]

I’m not worried about my kids failing. What I am worried about is a lot more Bs and Cs that make them less competitive for selective schools (not Ivys) just because the admin has decided to mess around with a new system [b]explicitly intended to lower GPAs of top students[/b]. I am under no delusions that this is catastrophic, it’s not. My kids and most kids at Madison will still go to college. But it is unfair and I see no reason for this to continue because it seems like an initiative done not for the students but to give the principal something for their resume. 
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How do you think this would happen? If kids are doing the work and learning they will continue to do well. 
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In order to get an A now, there generally can be zero mistakes on a test. One mistake gets you a B. There are no more  A- or B+ grades. [/quote]

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