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Originally Posted by flstf
Just curious, did the students studying Ohio all year and still not know what a map of the state looked like get a failing grade?
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Grades have become a joke. Mainly because they mean nothing anymore. I'm one of those teachers who believes that in reality, only about 2 or 3 students in a classroom are smart enough for honor roll.
And while those students get Fs in subjects, we don't have the authority to retain them. We can recommend it, but we have no say in whether the student passes or fails a grade.
This helped me understand why, when teaching 6th graders, I had a kid in there who was 14.
Oh, and yes, that student got an F. In fact, she got an F in everything. She still passed 4th grade.