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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 50 is an F[/quote]

Yup. But the grade is recoverable.   Why put a struggling student into situation from which he cannot recover?  Why would they even try if they know there is no hope of passing the class?  I think the policy is a good one.  [/quote]

Because when they "graduate", that 50 percent policy instantly converts to 0 percent policy with real life consequences.[/quote]

These kids aren't stupid.  The idea that getting a 50% on a chemistry exam when they actually earned a 30% is somehow going to create adults who can't figure out how to be productive members of society is rather short sighted.

High school isn't "real life".  It's a bubble we've artificially created where students learn random things that have no purpose in most of their futures.  [b]If you want kids to care and show up and participate fully, then we need to allow them to study things they are interested in instead of forcing every student to take algebra 2, biology, and literature at age 16[/b].[/quote]

I taught in Virgina schools from 1976 until 2013.  I taught at all grade levels from 3 to 12.  In the upper grades I taught only mathematics.  In the "old days" it was accepted that some students progressed in mathematics more slowly than others.  A few "slower" students, for example, might master in a year only half of what others learned.  In Grade 6, they were mastering Grade 3 and 4 objectives.  But, eventually, maybe in high school, they mastered basic arithmetic skills, including fractions, percents,  and beginning alegebra skills. In recent decades, students have been moved along in math without mastery of  prerequisite skills.   Many enter Algebra 1 in high school with little understanding of fractions or percents, knowledge of -- in my opinion-- is more important than secondary algebra and geometry.   So, grading policies that "help a student pass", such as the 50% policy and "test corrections" (getting half credit back for correcting a test answer as a teacher goes over answers) are necessary!

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