My daughter was in an elementary school with very, very high standards. (I think by 5th grade you had to get 95% to get an A.) Not gonna lie, that was a little stressful at times. She's not a perfectionist, but she does like to get A's, and there was whining when she'd get a B that would have been an A in any other school.

I told her that hey, your middle school grade curve is likely lower, so you'll probably come in very prepared.

I know what it's like to want Straight A's so I couldn't really fault her. I just told her to work harder.

Disagree. You're part of the problem

Anonymous wrote:Not at our FCPS HS. I am the previous poster and retakes aren't a problem. Don't know where your school system is. No grade inflation here. Students work very hard in AP classes or maybe they aren't even in any AP classes and are getting 'C's". They are still college bound, or should be. Plenty of good 4yr colleges, maybe elsewhere out of Virginia, would be good choices for them. They are college ready without advanced classes.

Doubt it. Those are the kids who take remedial courses in college and often end up dropping out.