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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. My 11th grader is working so hard right now. She takes several AP classes and the amount of work is surprising. Her honors math class is challenging as well. All of her A’s are earned.[/quote]

DD 11th grader has an unweighted 3.9 and doesn't seem to work hard at it.  Obviously I love DD but those grades are not due to her brilliance.  I suspect teachers handing out grades or cheating.   [/quote]

I have a 10th grader with a 4.0 and I know that he has figured out how to work the system - a system that is easy to hack. Since an A one quarter and a B the next equals an A for the semester, he knows that if he gets all A's in the first quarter he can take his foot of the gas in Q2. He also knows that when his A is solid he doesn't have to worry about handing in every homework assignment because they are not weighted very heavily. We have a lot of conversations about making sure he understands the content but life is about figuring out how to maximize results so I can't really fault him. [/quote]

Years ago there used to be semester exams to exactly deal with this issue. I can't remember the actual weighting of the exam, but we need to bring them back. [/quote]

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