WWVaBeach Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Does this make sense? In the Va Beach Public School System there are NO F's. It's A, B, C, D, E. Can't call a kid a Failure I guess. And the criteria is alot tougher than when I was a kid growing up in Buffalo. Something like.. 100-94=A, 93-86=B, 85-80=C, 79-74=D, >73=E
The Poojer Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 this "statistic" does not sit well with me.... Quote It's a classic mathematical dilemma: that the students have a six times greater chance of getting an F
Wraith Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 WWVaBeach said: Does this make sense? In the Va Beach Public School System there are NO F's. It's A, B, C, D, E. Can't call a kid a Failure I guess. And the criteria is alot tougher than when I was a kid growing up in Buffalo. Something like.. 100-94=A, 93-86=B, 85-80=C, 79-74=D, >73=E What's the problem? Looks like they've just replaced the letter F with E...and made it tougher to get a passing grade....
TheMadCap Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Except for the part about no "F", this is the grading scale used in Charlotte in the 1980's when I was in school. Tough, but makes you work for those "A"s.
WWVaBeach Posted May 19, 2008 Author Posted May 19, 2008 Wraith said: What's the problem? Looks like they've just replaced the letter F with E...and made it tougher to get a passing grade.... I wasn't addressing what I typed, I was talking about the info in the website. What our local school system does is much more strict than what is proposed in the article. That I have no problem with.
Quester74 Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Well, when I was in HighSchool in Illinois.. '89-'92: A = 100 - 93 B = 92 - 85 C = 84 - 77 D = 76 - 70 F = 69 and below
DC Tom Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 WWVaBeach said: Does this make sense? In the Va Beach Public School System there are NO F's. It's A, B, C, D, E. Can't call a kid a Failure I guess. And the criteria is alot tougher than when I was a kid growing up in Buffalo. Something like.. 100-94=A, 93-86=B, 85-80=C, 79-74=D, >73=E What, they don't just give everyone a gold star for doing their best? Don't they know that everyone's equal, and grades are discriminatory?
Ramius Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 The Poojer said: this "statistic" does not sit well with me.... agreed. You can screw off, not study, or have trouble with class material and get a 60 and fail. Thats a lot different that the kid who gets a 15. Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that the pussification of america is growing. Everyone's kid is special. Everyone's problems are someone else's fault.
DC Tom Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 The Poojer said: this "statistic" does not sit well with me.... Probably because the "statistic" is bull sh--. That "statistic" only makes sense if you learned math from Holcomb's Arm. You don't pick grades out of a hat. It's not a uniform, random distribution, but a function of the difficulty of the material and the effort you put in to learning it.
tennesseeboy Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 hell when I was in high school they posted class standing by NAME. You were first, third, thirty-second, or ninetieth...for everyone to see.
Recommended Posts