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Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:27 pm to East Coast Band
My dad quit teaching because of this type of stuff. His final straw was discipline. Had a bad student who he continually sent to the office. Office refused to do anything because there was a policy not to suspend or expel kids. No expulsions means higher scores for the school. Keep the pieces of shite around and push them through to make it look like you fixed the problems.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:28 pm to East Coast Band
Pathetic.
My wife is a teacher. When we were dating, we had plans to go out after her last day of teaching summer school in 1998. She got a call from an irate parent who just learned that her little moron flunked her class.
My wife explained that the little moron slept every day in class and never turned in a single piece of work, so he got a ZERO for the class. Moron's mom then tells my wife that she knows the principal and the superintendent.
Wife tells her call them, but the grade is what it is. About ten minutes later, the principal calls and say since the parent paid the $300 for the summer session that they changed the grade to a "D" so little moron can move up a grade. Unbelievable.
My wife is a teacher. When we were dating, we had plans to go out after her last day of teaching summer school in 1998. She got a call from an irate parent who just learned that her little moron flunked her class.
My wife explained that the little moron slept every day in class and never turned in a single piece of work, so he got a ZERO for the class. Moron's mom then tells my wife that she knows the principal and the superintendent.
Wife tells her call them, but the grade is what it is. About ten minutes later, the principal calls and say since the parent paid the $300 for the summer session that they changed the grade to a "D" so little moron can move up a grade. Unbelievable.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:32 pm to Scruffy
Not everything is about liberals. I would bet this is a school trying to keep their graduation rate up.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:32 pm to mtntiger
This kid will end up hating life when he figures out the real world has consequences
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:32 pm to East Coast Band
and rules like this are why most of these kids/young adults/adults are being set up to fail long term
do nothing - 50%
do nothing and cry - 70-75%
do a little and cry - 85%
work your arse off and earn the grade quietly - 85-100%
do nothing - 50%
do nothing and cry - 70-75%
do a little and cry - 85%
work your arse off and earn the grade quietly - 85-100%
This post was edited on 9/25/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:34 pm to KG6
Bad part is the kids are learning that the people in control (I.e. the government) will always be there to prop them up. That there are no consequences for their actions.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:35 pm to East Coast Band
She was fired because she didn't follow the rules. You don't have to like the rules, but you do have to follow them. I'd have fired her arse, too.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:35 pm to East Coast Band
Teachers have it so hard. The kids being pumped out by tax backed bad breeding are worthless.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:36 pm to East Coast Band
wait, so you can be fired from the Government?
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:37 pm to TH03
quote:Absolutely. School looks better, principal keeps job and gets bonuses, etc etc.
I would bet it’s not about making kids feel better. Probably to make the school look better.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:38 pm to East Coast Band
School boards are employment agencies. Educating kids is a secondary mission.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:38 pm to partywiththelombardi
quote:
and rules like this are why most of these kids/young adults/adults are being set up to fail long term
do nothing - 50%
do nothing and cry - 70-75%
do a little and cry - 85%
work your arse off and earn the grade quietly - 85-100%
This.
It's strikingly similar to welfare.
Sit at home and do nothing, get a livable wage.
Bust your arse in a minimum wage job, maybe get 20% more pay.
It's grade welfare.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:40 pm to BurningHeart
Newsflash. EBR has same policy.
The high schools do anyway.
The high schools do anyway.
This post was edited on 9/25/18 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:41 pm to BurningHeart
quote:
It's grade welfare.
how I felt everytime I set the curve in college
funny how I never felt that way when I needed that curve though...
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:42 pm to TH03
quote:
I would bet it’s not about making kids feel better. Probably to make the school look better.
This is absolutely the reasoning behind the policy.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:44 pm to CreoleJoe
quote:
When was the 50% rule implemented? I have never heard of this.
I just looked at the handbook. The policy says students get an I grade for incomplete and the score is a zero for that assignment.
There are no zeros for F grades.
It's also worth noting the handbook uses improper English - "zero's" should be "zeros."
Methinks the teacher was probably fired for something that stemmed from this policy.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:44 pm to East Coast Band
Why would you get 50% for handing nothing in? Is it possible to go below 50%?
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:45 pm to East Coast Band
And people say Mexicans work hard. Their kids won’t even hand in schoolwork!
Posted on 9/25/18 at 12:46 pm to East Coast Band
doesn't even know how to write in cursive.
That's when society started to crumble.
That's when society started to crumble.
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