QuickdrawMcVols
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ncaa, alabama hs assoc., and bham school system have all cleared the situation. when Eric's grades were so low, he was living in a car people. he was homeless. some of ya'll may make fun of that, but imagine being 16 years old and having no home to go to. eric, and kid's around this country everyday, are lucky to have teachers who care enough to let them do the extra things to try to get them in the place they need to be to be successful. it happens with non-athletes too.
I am a teacher. I do not do this but some of my colleagues will give a student an opportunity to re-work missed problems and will give them 10 points to do so, or so many points per problem missed. I do not know the extra credit policies in the school district he attended nor the grading scale; but, if that was the case, and it was a high c, raising it to a low a is completely feasible. That being on the standard grading scale.
A perfect example of why US students lead the world in science and math proficiency.
A perfect example of why US students lead the world in science and math proficiency.
Until science and math are categories on American Idol and America's Got Talent, good look on getting kids to care enough to be proficient in either.It could also have something to do with the fact that teachers get paid for class size. Students are hearded through graduation every year regardless of their proficiencies. High school and college are (for the most part) nothing more than vocational schools. No need to teach logic or language anymore. Let's just make sure the kids know how to take standardized tests.
Pretending like this is some black eye to a perfect education/grading system is an absolute joke.