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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These students complaining about the new grading program sound so ridiculous. Saying they wouldn't have chosen classes if they knew there was going to be rigor? Ridiculous! MCPS better not go back on the policies in place![/quote]
No, they’re saying they chose rigorous classes under the old grading policy, but will now be taking these classes under a different, new policy. The new policy is designed to curtail grade inflation, meaning some students will end up with lower grades and GPAs. Had they known in advance that this policy was coming, they could have strategized whether to prioritize higher grades with lower rigor or lower grades with higher rigor in individual classes when planning their schedules.

When this new grading policy was originally proposed, the idea was to have it apply to students who had not yet started high school, and to grandfather in current high students under the policy that has been in place. It’s hardly ridiculous for students to complain about the implementation of a policy change that may help MCPS in the long run, but will hurt these students in the short term — shortly before they apply to college in a far, far more competitive environment than the people creating these policies (or the posters on this board) faced when they applied to college.[/quote]

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