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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I graduated in the late 80s and there used to be final tests worth a good percentage of your grade. There were no "do overs" or late work allowed. Late work was counted as zero. I went to a state college and it was pretty much the same except courses moved much more quickly and there was a ton of reading. My kid, also at a state university, reports the same expectations today.

Why are high schools doing this other than to graduate more people?  All my kids learn is that they have another chance and may not try hard enough the first time.
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It’s wonderful that schools have evolved In their practices since the 1980s (when I was in high school too). Things are so much better now.[/quote]

Ha.  The educational system is certainly not better.

I agree with the pp and found a high school which has the same standards of turning work on time and being prepared the FIRST and ONLY time a student takes an exam.

You know how we learned the material?  We went through and looked at the material we missed on the exam and if we didn't understand we asked and got help after class or went to the teacher's office hours before or after school.

I was at the gym today with some awful 20-something who would take FORRREEVVVERRR to load his barbell and walk around with his head up his *ss changing racks, etc. while the rest of the 9 members of the class waited on him to get his sh*t together and miss part of the class.  Prime example of 'executive function disorder' and coddling in school.  [/quote]

You are claiming the educational system of today is worse because of what some d-bag at your gym does with his weights?

And you sh*tting me grandpa?

Tell me how you walks 5 miles though the snow to school, uphill both ways, and had your math lessons in latin, and how your horse was much more reliable than the horseless carriages that whippersnappers have today.  And 23-skiddoo to you too![/quote]

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