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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All I want to know is how do you get on the honor roll in 2013[/quote]

Tee hee.  Our family was actually talking about this yesterday.  Youngest came home with a report card and an "honor roll" certificate.  We were surprised and said, "congratulations on making honor roll!"  And, youngest, said with a withering glance, "Mom everyone got an honor roll certificate."  When we asked youngest "what does one do to make honor roll?"  Youngest just shrugged shoulders.  Thankfully, youngest improved grade-wise in two categories, so we praised that improvement.  But, oddly, the grades in the two categories of improvement seemed totally unrelated to the grades that came home on homework and class work papers over the course of the quarter.

At the same time, oldest came home from middle school and announced that middle school would now give everyone who improves grade point average an "honor roll" certificate.  OK, I thought that sounded reasonable.  Everyone should strive to improve.  A kid who has very bad grades should be recognized for improvement even if they hadn't yet gotten up to all Bs or As.  But, oldest child, who has worked diligently to maintain straight As for years, pointed out that that meant that kids who were repeat straight A students or who maintained very good grades repeatedly would not receive any recognition.  Didn't seem fair to oldest that someone who improves from a D to a C average would get recognition, but someone who gets repeat straight As would not.

One of my other favorite things I noticed about the 2.0 report card is the "N" grade -- N can be given to a child who has either not been exposed at all to a concept category or who has been exposed and who has made no progress.  These are two significantly different categories!!! 
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