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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new system is objectively better in most ways.  But here's the counter argument.  I have a very serious and anxious kid.  And when stress is high, I appreciated being able to remind her of two things.

1. If it's toward the end of a quarter and she has like a 96%, she can stop stressing about that class.  Chill out. Focus on another class.  Because if it's quarter 3, then it doesn't do any good being way above 90% and if it's quarter 4 and she got an A the prior quarter, there's no way her grade will drop all the way to 79% to create a real drop in grade.  The new system changes that equation somewhat (and I fear that her reaction will be to try to get as close to 100% in quarters 1 and 3 as possible, just in case).  
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2. If she got 6 As and a B in quarter 3, then I can tell her to put most of her energy into that one class.  That she has wiggle room on the others so can devote her energy to the B.

The other nice implication of the old system was that if a kid is doing a team sport or other activity that takes a ton of time, they have more wiggle room in the busy quarter and can make up the difference in the off quarter.

All the time that her older sibs were in HS, I derided the silly MCPS grading system.  But with this kid, it's actually provided some mental health benefits that I've appreciated (particularly since her work ethic is such that she's far, far from abusing the system).

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My kid sounds a lot like yours. I blame myself some for emphasizing grades rather than "learn what you love," or something.  But my student is anxious and upset about the new system because there is no mental break from the relentless pursuit of the highest score on an assessment.[/quote]

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