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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]But the party doesn't reward kids for hard work or improvement[/b]; it rewards kids for getting good grades.  Moreover, it does so by creating a caste system.      [/quote]

I agree with this. It's a cruel message for the kids who are working as hard as they can and still fall short of an A.[/quote]

Isn't that life though?  Sometimes you work really hard and it doesn't work out.  Kind of 
sucks but that's reality.  [/quote]

But "life" is not the reason these kids may attend the party and those kids may not. The school administration's policy is the reason. And I don't think that the viewpoint of "sometimes you work really hard and it doesn't work out" is a viewpoint a school administration should deliberately be teaching kids.[/quote]

I think everyone has missed the point that the school does multiple events to recognize kids throughout the school, not just A students.  It varies from quarter to quarter but often the recognition is for everyone whose grades improved during the quarter -- even if they improved from an E to a D.

It's a really varied population with a lot of different needs and the school approaches student recognition in a variety of ways. [/quote]

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