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D grades may be on their way out at Boulder Valley schools
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| 08/29/2010
| Amy Bounds
Posted on 08/30/2010 3:34:34 PM PDT by george76
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:34:35 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
>> New Vista Principal Kirk Quitter
MY high school principal told me NEVER to be a Quitter!
Levity aside, I think eliminating “D” grades is a good idea. As long as they don’t also eliminate “F”.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:36:50 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: Nervous Tick
Rehab is for quitters.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:38:57 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(It's either Obama or America. There cannot be both.)
To: george76
So they can rescale everything, no doubt.
A - 100-80
B - 79-60
C - 59-40
F - 39
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:41:18 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
To: Nervous Tick
Yup. A, B, C, and F. Good enough.
To: george76
They need to make each week a step toward a goal. All lectures will be on play back. If you don’t get it you don’t go on.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:46:37 PM PDT
by
Domangart
To: george76
well, you've performed below average, you haven't really met the standard, but you're passing, Is this the crap that passes for logic these days?
You can argue that the standard is too low if you want, but you have, in fact, set the standard, which is "D" = passing.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:49:01 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: george76
Remember what you call the person who graduates at the bottom of the class in medical school...doctor.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:50:50 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Izzy Dunne
Terrible news...half the students performed below average.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:52:40 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Myrddin
Found a way to save the tax payers some money.
Let the “ assistant superintendent of school leadership for middle and high schools...” go
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:54:52 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Just give everyone an “A” - problem solved, and it eliminates the need to study or learn anything.
To: Nervous Tick
I thought this thread would be about a stupid ass liberal scheme but it actually is brilliant. D really is for burger flippers. They are actually doing the kids a favor with an F.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:56:05 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Thank you for a good run JD!)
To: Myrddin
half the students performed below average. You know that that is a logic fallacy, too, right?
It's often cited as a truism, but it's phony.
If 5 scores are 100, 100, 100, 100, 0, then the average is 80 and four of them are above average.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:58:05 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: george76
There's lots of dead weight in the schools. Teachers aspire to leave the classroom and warm an administrative chair with a fat paycheck and little work. Time to end that bit of public employee welfare. Most provide little value for the money spent.
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:59:52 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: george76
John McCain, West Point is on the line...
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posted on
08/30/2010 4:04:29 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(UniTea! It's not Rs vs Ds you dimwits. It's Cs vs Ls. Cut the crap & lets build for success.)
To: george76
High School grades are somewhat relevant for College admissions and not much else.
To: george76
The “D” should stay, it means get off your but and get to work. You can do better.
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posted on
08/30/2010 4:12:21 PM PDT
by
longun45
(Still think a revolution cannot happen here? It's HERE!!!!!!! And we are on the move)
To: ryan71
So B students can now be A students and feel good about themselves. Are there going to be 3 dozen valedictorians as well?
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posted on
08/30/2010 4:15:19 PM PDT
by
Clock King
(Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Fine. Half the students scored below the median.
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posted on
08/30/2010 4:17:22 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: george76
BEWARE of grading changes. They are Never good
I'm not sure how the High Schools in our district does it, but my son's elementary school does it this way.
Grading (Kent, WA Elementary Schools) Notice there is no “failed”
4 Expert
3 Practitioner
2 Apprentice
1 Novice
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