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[–] somethingborrowed ago 

If the worst they can get is 70, why grade them at all until the 5th grade?

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[–] raw ago 

Even the retarded ones?

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[–] 0fsgivin ago 

At the school I work at teachers are "encouraged" to give 50's instead of 0's.

To fair I think there is some logic to it. The grading scale is weird. I think giving out one or two 50's to a kid is one thing. Or if a kid was out for a week or something and didn't make up all the work but still scored well on the tests.

But just never giving a zero at all seems a bit much.

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[–] Apathy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Kids can't fail period. I've seen people in college who needed to repeat grade school.

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[–] level_101 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

This may have changed in some schools since I was young. In grade school you could NOT be held back for any reason unless the parent agreed or wanted you to be held back.

Once you hit middle school that changed but it was rarely enforced unless you were almost graduation age.

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I remember only having 2 kids that were held back. 1 was a piece of shit bully and a complete moron. Eventually dropped out when he was ~20. The other was a girl that got knocked up when she was 16. Surprisingly she ended up graduating a year late.

For reference. I was in a small-ish public school (3 grades, each grade had around 300 students). Testing showed the school to be well above national average.

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[–] aileron_ron 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] sLnTsRvC 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Just asked a texas 2nd grade teacher. She says that's untrue.

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[–] somethingborrowed ago 

Maybe it's only in some parts?

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[–] Vic_V 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

well a 70s a pretty high grade no shame in that.

yeah I got a 70 on my IQ exam

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