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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. The grading policy was quietly changed. Thank goodness. [/quote]

I know! It's so wonderful that we can now ensure these good-for-nothings get an F- instead of F. Honestly, you think they'd have better things to worry about.[/quote]

Professor here. This change will help prepare kids for college, where they have to make an effort in order to earn points. [/quote]

presumably, the F students aren't going to college.  if they can't be bothered with high school, why would they want to go to college except to have 4 more years paid for by their parents?[/quote]

As those of us who have criticized the policy have made it clear: The degree of F matters.

By artificially inflating grades to a 50% F, you make it much easier for them to get a D, which is passing and allows them to move on to the next phase. Even if that's not a four-year university out of the gate, it ill prepares them for community college. The K-12 school system is basically punting the responsibility for developing these kids onto higher ed (either at community college or four-year universities) or hoping they can survive with their subpar skills in a workplace environment.

That is setting these kids up for a lifetime of struggle and disappointment, as they realize that their high schools did educate them to the true standard of the high school diploma they possess.[/quote]

These kids aren’t going to community
College either. But you know what really makes it tough for people?  Eliminating the possibility of a HS diploma. [/quote]
What's the point in a diploma if they are just given it rather than earning it? The reason it is a requirement for many jobs is that it ensures a basic standard of education is completed by the recipient. By removing those standards, the diploma doesn't have any value and either does the education that it's suppose to imply. Am I to take it that people who support these measures have essentially given up?

It really defies logic. [/quote]

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