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CA School District Changes Grading Scale, 80% or Better is Now an ‘A,’ 20% or Lower is an ‘F’
YoungCons ^ | October 27, 2015 | John S. Roberts

Posted on 10/28/2015 8:35:24 AM PDT by xzins

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To: Mears

Oops ! It was Miss Teen USA from S.C.

Sorry Alabama.

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21 posted on 10/28/2015 8:54:39 AM PDT by Mears
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A LOT of kids are now graduating from high school unable to write cursive!

My kids go to a high end private school, and by 3rd grade:

-perfect cursive
-multiplication and division mastered
-basic understanding of Latin
-basic understanding of algebra
-basic knowledge of history
-mastery of reading and reading comprehension
-ability to write book reports on what they have read
-working competence in art and awareness of the masters and their associated works and techniques.
-basic fluency in Spanish
-can do 20 push up’s and vigorous cardo
-perfect body weight

22 posted on 10/28/2015 8:56:01 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

yeah, but these kids can type out illegible textspeak at 250 words per minute.

And I use the word “words” very loosely.


23 posted on 10/28/2015 8:57:19 AM PDT by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: xzins

My mama always told me to remember that half of all doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class, and proceed with caution on any advice given by ‘experts.’


24 posted on 10/28/2015 8:57:21 AM PDT by RightField
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To: xzins

Has California passed Mississippi yet? No offense ,Miss.. .


25 posted on 10/28/2015 8:57:26 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
oh! forgot ability to read music and play multiple instruments adequately.
26 posted on 10/28/2015 8:58:13 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: TheDon

“You can imagine what will happen to the school district when all the smarter students leave the school district.”

Indeed, even a High School diploma from Sonoma County won’t get you a job in Starbucks anymore.


27 posted on 10/28/2015 8:59:36 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Sounds like a great school.

I attended public school in the 40s-—back when public schools taught academics and didn’t fool around with “social justice” issues.

I did well-—but NEVER could have done 20 pushups. Never.:-)

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28 posted on 10/28/2015 9:03:01 AM PDT by Mears
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Yeah, but can the kids build a ramp out of bricks and plywood and jump over two of their buddies on a bicycle with a 10-22 harnessed to his back and a string of fish dangling from the handlebars while other buddies throw mudballs at him?

I think not.

Good luck bagging a squirrel with that clarinet, nerds!


29 posted on 10/28/2015 9:04:48 AM PDT by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: xzins

This is incredibly sad. Growing up in California, we had the best schools in the nation.


30 posted on 10/28/2015 9:05:25 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

excellent


31 posted on 10/28/2015 9:05:39 AM PDT by samtheman (I will build a great, great wall on our southern border... - DT)
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To: Mears

“”””but NEVER could have done 20 pushups”””””

pfffft. I did 60 while I was typing this and eating a nanner sandwich at the same time.


32 posted on 10/28/2015 9:07:33 AM PDT by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: xzins

Stupidly worded headline. Should say 20% or less is an F, 21% or greater is an A


33 posted on 10/28/2015 9:13:07 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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Any parents in the school district who plan on having their children attend college will be moving out of the school district ASAP as the grades reported by the schools will have no meaning to their admission process.

I'd be planning my move now, whether or not I had kids. This grading system is going to make property in this school district undesirable to high-achieving parents with kids. Those parents (who are mostly prosperous) are going to move out. Property values drop. The quality of a school system has a big effect on property prices.

34 posted on 10/28/2015 9:19:02 AM PDT by Kipp
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To: xzins

That’ll happen when the majority of the state has an IQ below 90.


35 posted on 10/28/2015 9:22:10 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: xzins
CA School District Changes Grading Scale, 80% or Better is Now an ‘A,’ 20% or Lower is an ‘F’

Obama Math!

Woo Hoooo!

At least it's consistent.
Same technique as national statistics since Obumgo took office.

It's worked for crime Statistics, Unemplyment, National Debt, Black crime, etc., etc., Etc...

36 posted on 10/28/2015 9:24:23 AM PDT by publius911 (Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
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To: xzins

My dad has been a teacher for 40+ years, and he still grades on a curve. Most students like ‘curved’ grades...but they really mean ‘scaled’ grades.

Rather the curve ensures a couple of students get an A, a few get an F, some more B’s and D’s, and the majority get a C. C used to mean ‘Average’...as in the average grade in the class is a C.


37 posted on 10/28/2015 9:26:53 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: xzins

Grades are racis.


38 posted on 10/28/2015 9:28:06 AM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: envisio

Okay,I give up.

What on earth is a nanner sandwich?

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39 posted on 10/28/2015 9:28:57 AM PDT by Mears
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To: xzins

Hey, as long as your surgeon knows 20% of what he should know and passes, you should have no worries.


40 posted on 10/28/2015 9:31:02 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Even when I cannot see him I can feel it in my bones That he's still there. Trespasser by Al Stewart)
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