Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is something due at the end of every class period. They are assignments that often can’t be completed during the class period - they get started but never finish. It’s exhausting. Why can’t they just lecture, have the kids take notes, and eventually have a quiz or test. Why does every class period need to have some kind of output?

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.

There is output every class because otherwise 75% of kids would not participate. Accountability is the only way to get kids to do the work required to get their test grades to a good level.

The good news is with the 70/30 split, it’s okay if they don’t finish all the classwork. It’s guaranteed a minimum 50% for true effort, so with decent test grades you can still have an A or B.

This is the issue. There is so much class work and my child is putting too much effort into it. It barely debts the grade.

Just trying to clarify: You think the grade should be based on effort?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is something due at the end of every class period. They are assignments that often can’t be completed during the class period - they get started but never finish. It’s exhausting. Why can’t they just lecture, have the kids take notes, and eventually have a quiz or test. Why does every class period need to have some kind of output?

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.

There is output every class because otherwise 75% of kids would not participate. Accountability is the only way to get kids to do the work required to get their test grades to a good level.

The good news is with the 70/30 split, it’s okay if they don’t finish all the classwork. It’s guaranteed a minimum 50% for true effort, so with decent test grades you can still have an A or B.

This is the issue. There is so much class work and my child is putting too much effort into it. It barely debts the grade.

Your child needs to work on not having grades be the motivation for hard work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is something due at the end of every class period. They are assignments that often can’t be completed during the class period - they get started but never finish. It’s exhausting. Why can’t they just lecture, have the kids take notes, and eventually have a quiz or test. Why does every class period need to have some kind of output?

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.

There is output every class because otherwise 75% of kids would not participate. Accountability is the only way to get kids to do the work required to get their test grades to a good level.

The good news is with the 70/30 split, it’s okay if they don’t finish all the classwork. It’s guaranteed a minimum 50% for true effort, so with decent test grades you can still have an A or B.

This is the issue. There is so much class work and my child is putting too much effort into it. It barely debts the grade.

Meant to say “dents.”

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is something due at the end of every class period. They are assignments that often can’t be completed during the class period - they get started but never finish. It’s exhausting. Why can’t they just lecture, have the kids take notes, and eventually have a quiz or test. Why does every class period need to have some kind of output?

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.

There is output every class because otherwise 75% of kids would not participate. Accountability is the only way to get kids to do the work required to get their test grades to a good level.

The good news is with the 70/30 split, it’s okay if they don’t finish all the classwork. It’s guaranteed a minimum 50% for true effort, so with decent test grades you can still have an A or B.

This is the issue. There is so much class work and my child is putting too much effort into it. It barely debts the grade.

Anonymous wrote:Did your child go to Rocky Run, Franklin, or Carson?

Carson

Anonymous wrote:There is something due at the end of every class period. They are assignments that often can’t be completed during the class period - they get started but never finish. It’s exhausting. Why can’t they just lecture, have the kids take notes, and eventually have a quiz or test. Why does every class period need to have some kind of output?

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.

There is output every class because otherwise 75% of kids would not participate. Accountability is the only way to get kids to do the work required to get their test grades to a good level.

The good news is with the 70/30 split, it’s okay if they don’t finish all the classwork. It’s guaranteed a minimum 50% for true effort, so with decent test grades you can still have an A or B.

Did your child go to Rocky Run, Franklin, or Carson?

There is something due at the end of every class period. They are assignments that often can’t be completed during the class period - they get started but never finish. It’s exhausting. Why can’t they just lecture, have the kids take notes, and eventually have a quiz or test. Why does every class period need to have some kind of output?

Anonymous wrote:The comment that middle school is not preparing kids for the rigors of HS is accurate. Lots of reasons for this and it started well before Covid. There was always more of a focus on social emotional learning - before SEL was a thing- than on academics. Many freshmen were just not ready to see that first C and they struggled. However with the new -questionable - retake policy, grades probably will not suffer. With that said, combined World History H and English 9H is a fantastic opportunity to prepare for more challenging subjects later on.

OP here. My kid isn’t in the combined World History/English class.

Which middle school, OP?

The comment that middle school is not preparing kids for the rigors of HS is accurate. Lots of reasons for this and it started well before Covid. There was always more of a focus on social emotional learning - before SEL was a thing- than on academics. Many freshmen were just not ready to see that first C and they struggled. However with the new -questionable - retake policy, grades probably will not suffer. With that said, combined World History H and English 9H is a fantastic opportunity to prepare for more challenging subjects later on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're talking about the honors World History and English class, tell your kid to stick with it. That class was so well taught that my kids were prepared for all other honors and AP classes as well as college.

It's also a good lesson to learn that sometimes there is no extrinsic reward (like gradrs) for hard work, but that hard work will pay off. It's a great lesson to learn.

My kid is taking the two separate English and history courses and history is just an unbelievable amount of work. Biology is a lot. Geometry is also tough- the pace is fast and the anoint of work assigned due before the next class is overwhelming. It’s just constant work. I don’t feel middle school prepared the kids well. I don’t know how kids balance this with sports either.

My kids have had significantly less homework than I had in high school. I had a minimum of four hours of homework every night, but it was usually closer to five or six (45 minutes to an hour per class, and we met all seven classes every day).

My kids usually have had two or three hours of homework every night. It's not an unreasonable amount, and they've never had a problem balancing it with their sports and activities,

Anonymous wrote:If you're talking about the honors World History and English class, tell your kid to stick with it. That class was so well taught that my kids were prepared for all other honors and AP classes as well as college.

It's also a good lesson to learn that sometimes there is no extrinsic reward (like gradrs) for hard work, but that hard work will pay off. It's a great lesson to learn.

My kid is taking the two separate English and history courses and history is just an unbelievable amount of work. Biology is a lot. Geometry is also tough- the pace is fast and the anoint of work assigned due before the next class is overwhelming. It’s just constant work. I don’t feel middle school prepared the kids well. I don’t know how kids balance this with sports either.

If you're talking about the honors World History and English class, tell your kid to stick with it. That class was so well taught that my kids were prepared for all other honors and AP classes as well as college.

It's also a good lesson to learn that sometimes there is no extrinsic reward (like gradrs) for hard work, but that hard work will pay off. It's a great lesson to learn.

Is anyone else’s freshman struggling with workload? It seems like these course are assigning so much formative work which doesn’t even count for much.