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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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?

[b]It really defies logic.[/b] [/quote]

The PP and those like her who believe this crap don't believe in logic. They just care about FEEEEEEEELINGS and not hurting people's feelings by being transparent and honest with them they aren't meeting expectations and will not move on to the next level until they do. They prefer to lie and mislead people. Which says a lot about their moral compass.[/quote]

I don’t care about feelings. I care about people being able to get jobs and support themselves. Until as a society we make that possible without a HS diploma, then I am all for what will make kids successful at this. I also care about kids who get sick or have mental health issues that take them out of school for extensive periods and despite this, can master the material. [/quote]

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