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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 50 is an F[/quote]

Yup. But the grade is recoverable.   Why put a struggling student into situation from which he cannot recover?  Why would they even try if they know there is no hope of passing the class?  I think the policy is a good one.  [/quote]

Because when they "graduate", that 50 percent policy instantly converts to 0 percent policy with real life consequences.[/quote]

[b]These kids aren't stupid.  The idea that getting a 50% on a chemistry exam when they actually earned a 30% is somehow going to create adults who can't figure out how to be productive members of society is rather short sighted.[/b]

High school isn't "real life".  It's a bubble we've artificially created where students learn random things that have no purpose in most of their futures.  If you want kids to care and show up and participate fully, then we need to allow them to study things they are interested in instead of forcing every student to take algebra 2, biology, and literature at age 16.[/quote]

Yep. By college, they know this doesn't fly. I teach incoming freshman and they adjust fine to the stricter grading policies. You don't have to start as you mean to go. Kids adjust to new standards. [/quote]

I experienced similar behavior as well as a former TA in grad school. I think older high schoolers in general have a lack of respect for high school and teachers as a whole. In a way, it's as if they see themselves above HS because they don't like being treated like children who have to turn in homework and do busy work. They seem to prefer the college style of having three midterms in a semester and letting those alone determine their outcome. Once they are in that college environment, with a strern professor and a syllabus, I think they adopt a sense of pride that they're serious students now, which in turn helps them transition to being more accountable.[/quote]

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