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Reply to "Silver Spring's Eastern Middle School gets slammed for rewarding good students"
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[quote=Anonymous]I forgot to mention language barrier as another potential disadvantage. I don't disagree that kids who work hard deserve good grades but I think throwing merit-based parties is potentially harmful and will alienate kids who need more connection and support to school, not less. Grades are not fully within the control of the student. That is where I disagree with 22:51. All things being equal yes, but all things are not equal, including socioeconomic disadvantage. I also take issue with your statement about kids with learning differences or special needs. Accommodations through special education cannot always level the playing field. MCPS has a huge emphasis on scores, grades, tests, etc. I think that is enough of a dose of the real world and the merit-based award systems in our society. I don't think kids need more of this via merit-based pizza parties. If anything they need less. [/quote]
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