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re: I figured out why Texas High School students are "better" students
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:11 am to shiftworker
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:11 am to shiftworker
quote:Sorry for partying...
"Oh you knocked up that floozy you brought home from the Cadillac two months ago? All is well.......just reset that night and wrap it up this time."
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:28 am to skinny domino
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Back in the mid 60's SLC (now SLU) sure didn't allow it.
This might come as a shock to you, but some things have changed in the last 50 yrs.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:34 am to TigerNlc
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You consider doing time in prison a do over?
Posted on 4/30/17 at 10:49 am to Klark Kent
quote:another reason men shouldn't teach
I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong but I just asked the fiancé again to verify. And he said for HISD if they average above a 37, they pass.
This post was edited on 4/30/17 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/30/17 at 11:02 am to ksayetiger
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....she said they get to retake finals- up to six times- until they get the grade they want.
Yep, they'll get to do that in the workplace, too.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 11:06 am to ksayetiger
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I asked what they did after finals until the last day, she said they get to retake finals- up to six times- until they get the grade they want.
this doesn't surprise me at all...years ago, we seldom saw anyone come out of high school with a 4.0 GPA...nowdays, it is pretty common.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 11:14 am to ksayetiger
My kids are in TX and they get one retake and the highest grade they can earn is a 70, but they don't get the option on finals.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 11:45 am to ithad2bme
your avi
Posted on 4/30/17 at 11:46 am to Spankum
quote:Umm, that's because high schools are on a 5.0 scale...
this doesn't surprise me at all...years ago, we seldom saw anyone come out of high school with a 4.0 GPA...nowdays, it is pretty common.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 11:51 am to shiftworker
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Oh you knocked up that floozy you brought home from the Cadillac two months ago?
Do I know you IRL? Didn't know anyone knew about that.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:01 pm to upgrayedd
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Didn't know anyone knew about that.
You think you're the only one this has happened to ? Aww that's cute.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:05 pm to waiting4saturday
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My calc 1 teacher at LSU let us do this. However he made the re-takes exponentially harder. Ppl who did try the re-takes never did better.
Dr. Parent let's you come in early and take a 5-question quiz. If you have an A and ace the quiz, you get to skip the final. If you have a B and get at least 4, you get to skip the final. If you get 3 or worse, you have to take the final on the spot. If you have an A and get 4 you can take a B or take the final on the spot.
He mainly does it because it's possible to have 3 finals in one day, bit he also promotes it as gaming.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:15 pm to PrimeTime Money
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that's because high schools are on a 5.0 scale
Ours are still on a 4.0 scale. But you can earn an extra quality point for honors or AP classes, so some people graduate with higher than a 4.0 GPA.
This post was edited on 4/30/17 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:22 pm to Dorothy
Right. Honors and/or AP classes grade an A as a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 like on-level classes.
So if you take all honors classes and get straight A's, you will have a 5.0 GPA.
So if you take all honors classes and get straight A's, you will have a 5.0 GPA.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:38 pm to Tiger Ryno
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The goal should be for student ts to learn and retain info....not pass a test.
True but in a lot of places no one would ever get re-elected to the school board if the schools only graduated students who met real standards for measuring their competency
kind of like the reason Social Security and Medicare won't get fixed until they bankrupt the country or get close to it
large swath of the voting public is easy to scare and does not pay attention
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:48 pm to ksayetiger
I'm a teacher here in the Lafayette area. If you knew the amount of shady stuff that goes on, you'd want to throw up. Grade recovery, credit recovery, kids that get tests read aloud, kids that get unlimited time, kids that only have to take half of the test, kids that can only have true/false and multiple choice (no short answer/essay), kids that I am required to give a completed study guide to that contains all of the correct answers. It's a joke.
I would guestimate that probably half of my kids that have these IEP accomodations, are simply working the system and getting a free pass. They sleep during lessons, refuse to do assignments/projects/homework, and never crack a book or review a note as far as studying.
I would guestimate that probably half of my kids that have these IEP accomodations, are simply working the system and getting a free pass. They sleep during lessons, refuse to do assignments/projects/homework, and never crack a book or review a note as far as studying.
This post was edited on 4/30/17 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:08 pm to shiftworker
quote:Well no shite, and how crazy would it be NOT to? You think trade schools don't teach to pass the welding tests?
Everything in public education is test/test results driven. The schools (teachers) are forced to teach the tests. Otherwise the results are unacceptable.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:16 pm to ksayetiger
This can't be real right? Like this ha to be a form of fraud. How is this any different than simply giving them the test ahead of time?
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:21 pm to Geauxtiga
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Geauxtiga
You're a special kind of stupid aren't you?
Only teaching the kids to pass a standardized test doesn't prepare them for life outside of a learning institution. It only teaches them to pass that particular test.
And btw that doesn't prepare them for college either.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 1:52 pm to PrimeTime Money
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So if you take all honors classes and get straight A's, you will have a 5.0 GPA
Not exactly, some classes don't have an AP option, so you can only get 4.0 credit in them
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