<p>My high school is enforcing the 11-point grading scale this year. In this system, if you get between a 94 and 100%, you will get an A. If you get between a 0 and 59%, you will get a 1 or F.</p>
<p>This is supposed to help people pass the classes and keep people from failing the classes and repeating them.</p>
<p>This program, however, is very discrimatory to the high achieving students (those who work hard for their grades). </p>
<p>It allows those who don’t do their work, or do it but don’t take it seriously, to pass classes. That isn’t fair to the students who really try to suceed.</p>
<p>This will really put it in perspective. If I take a test and get 5 wrong, I’ll get a 10.</p>
<p>If I was to take the test again, and got 2 wrong, I would still get a 10. So in some cases you will get a grade that is less than you actually deserve. Which is, again, very unfair.</p>
<p>Also, if you miss an assignment, you will FAIL THE CLASS. If you were absent for the class and don’t get the information, you will FAIL THE CLASS.</p>
<p>I am currently trying to get the administration to reconsider their decision for next year. If we can get enough high level students to complain.</p>
<p>Any ideas or concerns would be appreciated.</p>
<p>That system doesn’t even make sense. Are you sure that’s really how it works?</p>
<p>I can’t believe missing ONE day/assignment would cause you to fail a class. The whole reason the school is there is to get you to GRADUATE in the first place.</p>
<p>That system makes no sense. If it does work that way, the administration should get rid of it. I mean the purpose of school is to get people to graduate, not to make their grades suffer.</p>
<p>I agree with Megan in that it’s probably not exactly as you described it. I think what you mean is if you miss one homework and it leads you to have an average below 94, then you might as well have a low B because that’s what the 10 points would be comparable to… and a B is not an F.</p>
<p>that’s dumb…but on the other hand, a lot of schools use a 90-100 “A” system…i know it sounds like it sucks, but trust me, number averages aren’t that much fun. I know of at least 2 cases where girls have cried over 97+s because it would wreck their 100 average in a class, and ultimately bring them down in rank</p>
<p>It’s exactly as I described it. If you don’t turn in even ONE assignment, you will NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE CLASS. No matter if it’s a 5 point homework assignment or a test.</p>
<p>Well, you may want to ask them to change the missing one assignment = failing fiasco, but I think this 11 point grading system, although unrewarding, is valuable to your personal development. Will you fall to mediocrity, no longer driven by A/B grades, or will you get perfects on all quizzes? Worthwhile teachers notice that kind of thing.</p>
<p>There are many teachers at my high school that dislike this program. Basically, kids sit around in class, take 5 minutes to write a 10 page paper and will still pass the class. One teacher, that I know of, has already went to the principal to complain against it. I plan on doing it tomorrow.</p>
<p>YOU GET THE GRADE YOU DESERVE…that’s my main argument.</p>
<p>i highly doubt that the absence of one homework assignment means failure. no board of education would ever approve of that–it would result in so many lawsuits from incredulous parents, and would be a hassle for teachers and administration alike.</p>
<p>check with your handbook again. if it IS true, then don’t worry. it won’t last for very long. until then, do your homework. animals and algebra don’t mix.</p>
<p>That system does not make sense. And to quote Judge Judy, if it doesn’t make sense,</p>
<p>IT’S NOT TRUE!</p>
<p>If that were the real situation, you would just organize for everyone to not turn in assignments. The school would not fail all of their students. But like I said, it’s not true.</p>
<p>Punishing students for not turning in homework is for middle schools. No school would adopt this policy.</p>
<p>If the board is considering it, just write them a nice letter expressing your concerns. If that fails, write them a not-so-nice letter. This doesn’t make any sense.</p>
<p>Passing and failing the class is not the argument. The point is that if you get a good grade, you will still have the same grade as someone who got less points than you did.</p>
<p>At my school, if you miss an assignment, you fail.</p>
<p>Not if you turn it in late, just if you don’t turn it in at all. It gives you an M and at the end of the marking period, any Ms make your grade an F. Maybe that’s how it is? That’s a little more forgiving, I think.</p>