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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have mixed feelings about this. I struggled with the idea last year that my kid worked his butt off and turned all his assignments in but then teacher were told they weren't allowed to mark kids down for not turning in assignments because of the unique situation. I did not tell my kid this and he still continued to work. I don't know how grades went for everything (he got As and I know some kids got "not enough information to grade") so I guess it eventually impacted them but they didn't get a failing grade.

I don't necessarily see a problem with retakes, there are rarely times in life where you make a mistake you can't fix. I think that teaching kids to talk with someone and attempt to correct a mistake is fine.

As for late penalties. I think there needs to be some cut off. A grace period is fine IMO (that is how real life works anyway). I will also note that my husband just told me a story from growing up in the 80s/90s about turning in late work and not getting penalized for it, so this isn't a new concept. [/quote]

BAck in the old days:)---circa late 80s in Fairfax Co:

What used to happen was that they would give you the test or paper and show you what you did wrong, so you could learn and not make the same mistake. BUT-you didn't get a grade bump on tests or essays for corrections.  Learning the mistakes and working on them was designed so the next test you would do better.  We also had only 1 Valedictorian and zero grade inflation.[/quote]

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