Grade retention

Should one test determine a child’s future? Many children who pass all of the courses and have a average or above average GPA fail their grade. How could this happen? If a child spends 3-4 hours on homework a day, study whenever needed and completes all assignments with passing grades, be retained to their current grade based on a 100 question examination at the end of the year or semester? This has been something many parents are not concerned with, parent feel most of the time maybe the…

The heat from the stage lights, the watchful gazes of the audience, and the sweat dripping off of our faces as we struggle to remember our lines, these sensations of being on stage are what caused the performing arts to become not only an activity, but also a passion and an unexpected source of personal growth. Through my experiences in drama and music I have been able to discover my own meaning of fulfillment and define who the person behind my appearance truly is. My passion in the…

better people to work with and extremely honoured that I got to work with them. One cast member I would particularly like to highlight is Nicole Shi, who played Meg. I wish I remember what was going through mine and Rebecca’s heads when we cast a grade…

Should middle and high school students have to meet a grade requirement to participate in sports? On my opinion, I think students from middle and high school should have to meet a grade requirement to participate in sports. I agree to this term because middle and high school students should maintain a certain grade point average to play a sport. I do believe that middle and high school students should have to meet a grade requirement to be able to participate in a sports team. For example,…

intelligence with a letter grade isn’t a sign of ability,” stated Katie Kacvinsky(“Best”). Some people say schools should use letter grades because it motivates us to get honorable grades and to keep the tradition. However, it is not as effective since it does not reflect on students’ learning. Therefore, like pennies, even though letter grades are our tradition, since it is not reflective, schools shouldn’t keep on using it. According to an education expert Alfie Kohn, "letter grades are…

Singleton’s “What our Education System Needs is More F’,” are both addressing the same problem of giving F grade for those students who should be failed in order to improve education and get rids of disqualified passing students. The writers interestingly are both instructor and teacher who concern about this topic. Although the main purpose of both texts is concentrate mostly on the need of giving F grade and they both have some of the same perspectives on this topic; however, the ideas and…

I've posted your earned mid-term grades in English 111 on Banner and will be glad to discuss your situation with you individually sometime next week, if you'd like. These are information grades. As usual, knowledge is power: What the grade tells you gives you a chance to be pro-active in ways that might ensure your success in the course. A proper response to a mid-term grade is neither resignation nor smugness. Without my forcing the issue, the overall average at mid-term in my two sections…

Have you ever gotten paid for your grades I suggest that students ages 10+ should be getting paid for their grades I found out many reasons why kids should be getting paid for good grades. Adults go to work every day and get paid for it and some jobs they don’t even have to do anything, Kids go to school for 6-8 hours and learn and when they get good grades they should get paid for it because they're working hard for it and trying their best. Some kids should at least be getting paid for honor…

students challenging their determined grade in hopes of a higher grade. Jane Vincent begins to support a stricter grading system where the teachers would round up a student’s grade if they earned a .5 or higher, or round the grade down if they obtained lower than a .5. The most beneficial consequence of this system is that a student’s grade could be changed between two letter grades, such as an A and a B, avoiding students who try to influence their borderline grades. An obvious implication for…

to do daily work, than have to worry about a project. Traditional is easier for kids to understand, more one on one time, and have more grades. First of all, in the traditional system, their are more grades. Which can either help a student or hurt a student, with his or her grade. Lots of grades are good because, with lots of them you can bring up your grade. Which if you done the project idea, you wouldn't have them chances. That is why schools need to keep the traditional…