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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's insane that a kid can earn an A and then another kid that never turns in homework on-time, repeatedly gets a bad grade and gets to turn that assignment or correct that test OVER AND OVER again will end up with the same GPA.  WTF?

I am so glad I pulled both my kids from APS after middle school.  One 8th grader left.

Our private HS teaches consequences and instills work habits that they will need in college and for life.  It sucks, but that's life.  Getting downgraded and having it effect your course grade, is a consequence of not doing the work.  And, if the course is too challenging you need to drop down or get help after school.[/quote]

Why is it insane? The purpose of school is to learn the material, not to ration grades.[/quote]

Because everyone will half-ass it, duh.  Low standards always results in low performance and effort in the aggregate.  [/quote]

+1 My son had a math class in middle school that allowed retakes. He quickly figured out that the retake was the "real" test. So, he never studied for the 1st one. He's really good at math so sometimes he got lucky and did well without studying but if not, he just studied for the 2nd one. By the time DD got to the same teacher she no longer allowed retakes because so many students had learned to approach it that way and she was having to waste class time on all those retakes.[/quote]

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