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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid graduated with above a 4.0 and failed a class at a mid-level college which was just the next class in a sequence that they got an A at the year before. I knew the classes were too easy in high school but am happy at least at the college level they are still trying to prepare kids for the workforce. [/quote]
Most high achieving FCPS students seem to do well in college. Was this an AP or IB class? Was it that he was academically not prepared or were there other factors? I think first semester is a big transition for lots of kids. [/quote]

+1, often times the first semester is the hardest with so many transitions.[/quote]

Agree.  I've known this to happen for years.  Sometimes, the kids just don't go to class.  [/quote]

Well, since attendance in FCPS doesn’t count as part of the grade, I don’t blame kids for thinking they can skip college classes and still get a good grade. Keep up the dumbing down of education FCPS! [b]Pretty soon they will stop teaching reading and writing since kids can always use technology to read as anything to them. Speech to text will replace writing too. They already don’t teach spelling and grammar.[/b] [/quote]

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I'm a FCPS graduate (mid-80s) and remember very rigorous spelling and grammar instruction.  They simply don't do that anymore and it shows.[/quote]

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