Anonymous wrote:I had students in class today figuring out which assessment to blow off and take the 50% and which to take seriously to pass a class at a specific grade. This was from general A/B students.

This is funny. I’m an MCPS alum (with UMC Asian parents) who graduated from an IB program with close to a 4.0 and the 50% rule was in operation then too. My best friend I had this exact discussion quite often. We both went on to top colleges and law schools. We considered it effective time management!