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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid just finished 9th grade at a school that dcum considers to be rigorous. He got straight As without studying for finals and minimal studying during the year. How can he learn how to study when he clearly doesn't need to?

In 9th grade, he took honors math, the only honors class available to 9th graders. In 10th grade, he will take honors math and science, the only honors classes available to 10th graders.[/quote]

Do you mean all A+ or all A or a mix if A+ A A-  There's a difference....

I think you may be at our school and there's a difference in those outcomes.  Our DC didn't study hard this year but they didn't get all A+ . They got a variety of A/A-. We are not trying to pressure them - but they don't seem to "get" that there IS a difference in these shades of A. But hey - they'll discover later (or maybe not depending) if those differences affect their college choices. [/quote]

Brother, none of serious private schools give A+s.  [/quote]q

As a parent of two STA boys who received quite a few A+’s, I have to disabuse you of that notion. It requires being both intellectually gifted and having an exceptional work ethic but it’s possible.

One STA valedictorian we know graduated with almost all A+s. There was a reason he was valedictorian. Not only was he extremely gifted, he had an extraordinary ability to focus combined with super processing speed. Probably had an eidetic memory to boot. Truly a unicorn.[/quote]

STA doesn't have letter grades.[/quote]

yes they do.  Why are you posting about something that you know nothing about?[/quote]

STA uses 100 point scale.  Now, you can convert that into letter grades if you want, but the purpose of 100 point scale is exactly to avoid the use of letter grades.[/quote]
They use a 100-point scale for GPA. They still give out letter grades. Their conversion scale is even on the school profile they send to colleges. 95-100 is an A+ (which I find interesting, since my DC’s much-dumped-on-by-DCUM school requires a 97 for an A+).
https://stalbansschool.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/744/download/download_2514345.pdf[/quote]

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