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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private HS very well-earned.

They were public in middle school and basically just had to show up.  Many of their friends didn't even start assignments until after the due date and took retests all of the time...and could attain the same A.[/quote]

While not great habits, [b]procrastination is hardly unusual and retakes for an A is fine if they learn the material, which is the point (rather than getting the grade first or whatever)[/b].[/quote]

:roll:  :roll:  :roll:

This is what we have come too: low expectations, everyone gets a trophy.

It's fine if they are mentally challenged and need more time, a slower pace, more bites at the apple.  They should not be given the same grade.  If the standards are lowered and the bar keeps getting dropped, kids will meet the lowest common denominator.  We used to distinguish between kids that were prepared for rigorous college course load at the top 10-20 universities.  They aren't kids turning in things late and having trouble studying or retaining material and 3 chapters behind.  That is fine.  They can attend a university which moves at a slower pace and has more students in the same boat.  This is equivalent to putting a mediocre football player at best on Georgia or Michigan's teams.

Not every kid is the same. We started to fail when we want every ability to be the same for every child.  At some point we stopped awarding merit due to the poor self esteem it might cause in other students and a prime example of that was the hiding of the NSMF at local area high schools--many of them.  And now doing away with test scores...and hell you have some advocating for removal of GPAs as a standard too.  These are academic institutions, academic success matters.  We have thousands of universities in the country, not everyone is meant for a top 50.[/quote]

DP, well this is a whole load of tangential malarky. What do you care if the other kid knows the content but took more time? Perhaps they even have greater depth? Achievement and intellect are not reflected in speed.  Turning late or having retention challenges are not the same as being 3 chapters behind. They are just different challenges (or poor study habits if that is the case) that another brilliant student may have. How about you just do you and leave other kids alone.[/quote]

Thank you!  Its not a race.  Especially at the high school level, it is learning mastery, and providing lots of opportunities to get to mastery.  If kid A and kid B both leave high school knowing the material, why does it matter that Kid A got it without ever opening a book and Kid B had to work through it over and again to get there.  In fact, kid B that learns to work through things may actually be better prepared for college than Kid A.  And I say that as Kid A myself.  [/quote]

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