In East Chicago, failure is not an option..?
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In East Chicago, failure is not an option..?
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/l...1deeb9c93.html
It's bad enough there are little leagues and such that don't keep score, that don't reward winning, but this? This is a huge problem right here.
Grading on a curve is bad enough. I never understood why you'd do that. Either you got an A or you didn't. If you got an F, you deserved it. I know I did... and I made sure it didn't happen again, as it was very embarrassing personally.
Failure is how a person is supposed to learn and *GROW*. Life is not handed to anyone. It eventually catches up with you if it is, and then what?
This teaches that society is ok with your sub-par 'accomplishment', so there's no need to try any more. At this level, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVEN SHOW UP, and you'll pass, if I'm reading it right.
I probably don't have the full details, but honestly, this pisses me off, that the concept of non-failure is anyone's idea of "good."
If any of you are in Chicago, you need to make a stink, and a high and mighty one too. There's just too much "helicopter parenting"/"precious snowflake" mentality these days, and it should end. Yesterday. Several yesterdays.
No wonder people feel entitled to an amazing amount of stupid things.
/It's in the same area where our President is from, Chicago, so perhaps that explains something...? Nah...
//I so want off this rock sometimes.
It's bad enough there are little leagues and such that don't keep score, that don't reward winning, but this? This is a huge problem right here.
Grading on a curve is bad enough. I never understood why you'd do that. Either you got an A or you didn't. If you got an F, you deserved it. I know I did... and I made sure it didn't happen again, as it was very embarrassing personally.
Failure is how a person is supposed to learn and *GROW*. Life is not handed to anyone. It eventually catches up with you if it is, and then what?
This teaches that society is ok with your sub-par 'accomplishment', so there's no need to try any more. At this level, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVEN SHOW UP, and you'll pass, if I'm reading it right.
I probably don't have the full details, but honestly, this pisses me off, that the concept of non-failure is anyone's idea of "good."
If any of you are in Chicago, you need to make a stink, and a high and mighty one too. There's just too much "helicopter parenting"/"precious snowflake" mentality these days, and it should end. Yesterday. Several yesterdays.
No wonder people feel entitled to an amazing amount of stupid things.
/It's in the same area where our President is from, Chicago, so perhaps that explains something...? Nah...
//I so want off this rock sometimes.
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It sounds like they're trying to create more of a college atmosphere, where if you can learn the curriculum by yourself, without the class, then feel free to do so. If I read correctly, it doesn't sound like they're actually getting rid of "F's", so much as guaranteeing the student an option to bring it up to passing. And from what it sounds like, that could include getting rid of the student or transferring them to a "success center" type place. While I like the idea...sometimes you fail so bad that there should be no way to recover, except to repeat the whole thing.
And on a side note...I'm getting *really* tired of schools wasting money on buying laptops for every student. My 7th grade cousin just got a netbook from his school, and he and his classmates are b*tching because they can't access their facebooks/etc. properly.
And on a side note...I'm getting *really* tired of schools wasting money on buying laptops for every student. My 7th grade cousin just got a netbook from his school, and he and his classmates are b*tching because they can't access their facebooks/etc. properly.
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