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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a college professor, let me tell you: the # of kids who have done poorly on tests or assignments this year who have come to me saying "can't I retake this? I could always retake things high school" is alarming. I'm familiar with the concept because my kid can also retake things, but it's a really problematic disjoint between HS and college. This never happened before the pandemic (in the before times they just asked for extra credit).

The best thing you can do for your kids is tell them starting in middle school that retakes are not setting them up for success and if they want to train themselves to be less stressed out and more successful over time, they need to develop study habits that make retakes unnecessary. One here and there isn't going to be a catastrophe, but relying on the option of a retake is detrimental.

Yeah yeah I know in the real world if you don't do something well at work the first time you just fix it and don't get fired, and that's good, but tests are tests. It's like a big presentation to a client: you don't get to redo that. [/quote]

I have encouraged my kids to do well the first time, because retakes can be detrimental for another reason. It makes you behind in a class. You are busy study the old material, while the class has moved on to new material. Also, retakes usually are at lunch with less time than the original assessment. Also, high school kids NEED to eat lunch! I wish retakes were after school. In any event, I know my kids' teachers cut out units of learning during Covid in both foreign language and in math, causing gaps in their education. [/quote]

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