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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learn the late work/retest policy early. Kids who master this really use it to their advantage.[/quote]

How so? To earn an 80? That’s the highest grade allowed on retests and late assignments. [/quote]

Depends on the school, and sometimes teachers. DD's teachers only allow retests on summatives, not formatives. No one allows grades higher than an 89. Some require getting permission to retest, which requires showing that they have in fact, put in effort to learn the material. Late work turned in within a week or two seem to have no penalties.[/quote]

Wow. Would never send mine to a school that permitted retests and late work. No wonder kids think they can away with anything. [/quote]

It's not really "Wow".  That's fine, but please don't come back when your kids are applying to college and then cry on the DCUM college thread that your kid isn't getting as strong college acceptances as the kids attending schools with permitted retests and late work.  There are too many of those on those threads already.

It's funny how when grades don't count you get lots of high-and-mighty folks, but then they go ballistic when it matters for college.[/quote]

My senior didn't need it. No crying here!

I do wonder why you're bragging about allowing your children to be mediocre, though. [/quote]

So what college?[/quote]

University of Chicago. Yes, I know, it's not an Ivy, but we're happy with it, and more importantly, he didn't need to cheat to get accepted with his 4.0/4.6. Like I told the PP, tutoring would be a more ethical way to raise her children's GPA.[/quote]

U Chicago takes basically all the private school losers.  They send mailers out to anyone in hopes to just get applications to juice their rankings (and they are now falling again).

My kid is at a top 5 and has a nearly 4.0…somehow even attending a school district that allows retakes.  Wow, go figure.

So…who has the mediocre kid now.[/quote]

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