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I do  allow my kids to take advanced classes, under one condition- if you will not be able to master it, you have to retake it the next year.[/quote]

I assume a B doesn't cut it in your household? Wow. That's a lot of pressure to put on a child. I'm 100 percent sincere: What core value, to your mind, does this illustrate? That--nevermind failure!--anything less than an A is simply [b]not an option[/b]? Aren't you the least bit worried that your children will internalize the notion that even if they do their best but earn a B grade that they're not good enough? [/quote]

Absolutely not!

If I see that subject is difficult for child and he/she worked really hard, B is absolutely enough. (Like Chemistry or Advance Computer Programming)
I myself had several B and C in school and college. That were in cases of very difficult subjects not directly from my field or extremely difficult teachers.

If child did not study enough and got low B for the class, he/she did not master material and can do better.

You can't judge without knowing situation. However when MS child takes HS class and can't get an A that means that child is not ready for that class and did not master material.
If the same child would take the same class in 11th grade, worked very hard in it, and got just B. Good job! That means that B is limit for that child in this subject.
You know your child and his/her limits. Yes sloppy Bs and Cs do not work in my family. However, it does not mean that I will make my child's life miserable for getting B and C in very hard subject in field that is not easy for my child, when I see that my child did all possible (studied hard, turned all work in time, asked for help from teacher and parents etc.)[/quote]

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