<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>
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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.
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That cannot be true. You must have misinterpreted what you read/heard.</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>