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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I am one you consider a "disparager" although I am not - the yelling isn't working for you and it didn't work for me.

My kid gets mostly A's.  I'm one who focuses in inputs, not outputs.

Here's my question to you: I and my son looked over his work for the quarter and discovered that his B+ in science is partly driven by two "missed" assignments (out of maybe 40, and all tests were solid A's).  I said what I had to say about the missing assignments (at least one of which was related to clerical crap related to absences and a sub), showed the effect, and moved on.  He also got a B on an assignment he was very proud of (and had worked hard on).

My questions to you:
* What would you yell about? 
* Would you have yelled less if the math had turned out a tiny bit different and the grade rounded up to 90 instead of down to 89?  Can that difference possibly matter?

Please focus a bit less on straight A's. Some imperfection is a good thing.  To retain perfection means never taking chances (also means grading scale is too easy), never taking a course strictly for the love of learning....  Possibly never really engaging in a hobby because it detracts from memorizing vocab words...[/quote]

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