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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A C in public school is like an F. I would be pissed and take the phone away.[/quote]

This. My kids must have As and Bs to have phone privileges. Son had a C 2nd quarter after not doing well on two tests (one test could not be retaken and he did not try to retake the other) and not turning in homework (which is not even graded for content, you just have to turn it in!). While he had a C, he had no phone and no video games. Grade has not dipped that low again and all homework has been turned in. If a child is putting forth their best effort, asking for extra help, doing extra homework, then I would not punish.[/quote]

Your son is very lucky that his teachers are grading regularly.  I don't disagree with your policy at all, but at my son's school that would be seriously unfair.  His teachers just don't report grades in a timely way.  For example. his English teacher didn't grade ONCE between the last interim period and the wee hours of the night that grades were due.  (Don't even get me started on how he is supposed to learn to write with no feedback...)  [/quote]

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I wonder if we're talking about the same English teacher??  My son has an English teacher (high school) who simply doesn't upload grades.  He had an "F" in this class for the entire quarter - why?  Not because he hadn't turned in all his assignments.  Not because he had failed any quizzes or tests.  But because this lazy teacher refused to grade things and upload them in a timely fashion.  That "F" was actually a B+, but the damage had already been done because we kept hounding our son about it - when the reality was completely out of his control.  I emailed the teacher about this, but never received a response.  Teachers like this are the WORST.[/quote]

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