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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So when you were growing up and there was no online grading and no retakes, were your parents mad at the teachers for lousy grades or upset with the child?

Place the blame where it belongs. If your child did not get the grades YOU think they earned, talk to your child. It is absolutely ridiculous that a parent is upset for a grade dropping after their child did not even attempt the assignment. Get after your child, not the teacher!

Grades are supposed to be earned and not given. Tell your child to work harder next quarter.[/quote]

Hopefully you're not a teacher because there is some expectation that a student doesn't just "work harder" but that a student examines their mistakes and then works smarter when they know better. That's where you come in by doing your job.

There should be some IQ test for people to be able to work in a school. But I suppose the test is implicit and if you're there, you've failed it.[/quote]

I’m not a teacher. I’m a parent that expects my children to take ownership over their schoolwork and grades. When they don’t understand something, they are expected to ask for help during lunch or request a tutor from me. My children have not gotten all A’s, and that is okay.

But this idea that a child not getting an A due to a teacher not grading fast enough is ridiculous. They should be continually learning and growing, but there are summative assignments like tests and papers that show the understanding. The growth part comes during class and might not be seen at home or through grades. If a student does a homework assignment and doesn’t understand, it is their responsibility to request help before an assessment. These kids are high schoolers and need to advocate for themselves!

Not all kids will get A’s and that’s okay and to be expected. Use this experience to help your child grow to be more proactive in understanding each assignment.[/quote]

Assignments need to be graded so kids know if they are doing ok and when to ask for help.  Part of learning feedback.[/quote]

I have 150 students. Grading gets done at home as there is no time during the school day. This semester I switched to easy multiple choice self graded assignments on Canvas as there is no way to keep up with the workload otherwise. It sucks because I teach juniors and seniors and they should be doing higher level work with paragraph answers, etc.  But MCPS makes it impossible to get everything done and my classes are too big so here we are. [/quote]

I’d rather have you do it that way than not grade at all.  The class sizes are absurd.  We have 32-38 kids in some classes.  Not even enough chairs.  [/quote]

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