This is VBCPS's attempt to get their pass rates and graduation rates up. As usual, catering to the weakest students by lowering expectations. Unfortunately, this will set them up for failure in the workplace and college and drag every other student down in the process.
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Harry Zhang
10 years ago
Be strict. It's good for our kids!
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Diann Nickelsburg
10 years ago
As a former high school teacher, I can state from experience that this policy will be a detriment to learning.
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Charlotte Brown
10 years ago
This is rediculously stupid and would ultimately fail every student in the Virginia Beach public school system.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
They are breeding laziness, irresponsibility, and a degrading work ethic in a capitalist country. This will set up me and my classmates for failure in a competitive economy.
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Songlin Jiang
10 years ago
VBCPS should provide high quality education to our students.
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Jennifer Clark
10 years ago
Do the work. Get the credit. Don't do the work. Get the consequence. If an employee does not do their work they will eventually get fired. We are here to teach our children to be successful members of society. Do not reward laziness. Virginia Beach will be laughed at by other school districts. Colleges will know. We will be graduating slackers.
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James M OHara
10 years ago
Our current grading system is fair and equitable. This is just an attempt to make sure kids graduate whether they do the work or not.. This will improve graduation but it will be a severe blow to quality education.
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Nicolina Felton
10 years ago
Why do we continue to "dumb down" our students? No wonder employers are pulling out their hair!!!
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Leslie Blustein
10 years ago
As a student, I oppose the proposed changes to grading. From my perspective, implementing this will just result in students getting meaningless grades. It would result in me in focusing less on the class itself and more on meaningless things such as having organized notes. If my notes can be read and understood my me, it's not important if the teacher can do so. Eliminating B+ and C+ grades makes it harder for students applying to competitive schools.
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Alice Liu
10 years ago
Being a citizen, a member of a community, employee or employer, or simply an adult requires much more than factual knowledge. It requires character and work ethic, an understanding of community and commitment. Also, practically speaking, students need to progress together from week to week. Honestly, I take less seriously and am tempted to procrastinate helping my daughter when I know she can retake a quiz or test. If I as a parent am developing this attitude of laziness, how is it affecting the students, as well as the pace and progress of the classroom?
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Min Yang
10 years ago
Accountability leads to responsibility -well said and it is one of the most important thing a student can learn in a school !!
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Robert Carpenter
10 years ago
Lowering standards devalues the education received in VB. - Former VBPS Student
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Sylvia Mashburn
10 years ago
This would indeed the ruin the educatation for all future generations. God bless our children.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Support restore accountability in grading in VB school!
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Charles Faison
10 years ago
It is absurd that this could even be considered. The world is hard enough as it is. Much less if we minimize accountability. I vote NO to this!
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Amy Stern
10 years ago
Please stop dumbing down our kids and padding the grades!
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Treva Whitley
10 years ago
Do not change the grading system !All Children you should be held accountable for what they do and don't do in their school work. Thats system only sets some up for failure as an adult.
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Melissa Brugh
10 years ago
This grading methodology is ridiculous!
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Angelina Fortin
10 years ago
Keep grades with accountability. Taking accountability out leaves our country with a generation of kids who do not know how to work for anything.
This is VBCPS's attempt to get their pass rates and graduation rates up. As usual, catering to the weakest students by lowering expectations. Unfortunately, this will set them up for failure in the workplace and college and drag every other student down in the process.
Be strict. It's good for our kids!
As a former high school teacher, I can state from experience that this policy will be a detriment to learning.
This is rediculously stupid and would ultimately fail every student in the Virginia Beach public school system.
They are breeding laziness, irresponsibility, and a degrading work ethic in a capitalist country. This will set up me and my classmates for failure in a competitive economy.
VBCPS should provide high quality education to our students.
Do the work. Get the credit. Don't do the work. Get the consequence. If an employee does not do their work they will eventually get fired. We are here to teach our children to be successful members of society. Do not reward laziness. Virginia Beach will be laughed at by other school districts. Colleges will know. We will be graduating slackers.
Our current grading system is fair and equitable. This is just an attempt to make sure kids graduate whether they do the work or not.. This will improve graduation but it will be a severe blow to quality education.
Why do we continue to "dumb down" our students? No wonder employers are pulling out their hair!!!
As a student, I oppose the proposed changes to grading. From my perspective, implementing this will just result in students getting meaningless grades. It would result in me in focusing less on the class itself and more on meaningless things such as having organized notes. If my notes can be read and understood my me, it's not important if the teacher can do so. Eliminating B+ and C+ grades makes it harder for students applying to competitive schools.
Being a citizen, a member of a community, employee or employer, or simply an adult requires much more than factual knowledge. It requires character and work ethic, an understanding of community and commitment. Also, practically speaking, students need to progress together from week to week. Honestly, I take less seriously and am tempted to procrastinate helping my daughter when I know she can retake a quiz or test. If I as a parent am developing this attitude of laziness, how is it affecting the students, as well as the pace and progress of the classroom?
Accountability leads to responsibility -well said and it is one of the most important thing a student can learn in a school !!
Lowering standards devalues the education received in VB. - Former VBPS Student
This would indeed the ruin the educatation for all future generations. God bless our children.
Support restore accountability in grading in VB school!
It is absurd that this could even be considered. The world is hard enough as it is. Much less if we minimize accountability. I vote NO to this!
Please stop dumbing down our kids and padding the grades!
Do not change the grading system !All Children you should be held accountable for what they do and don't do in their school work. Thats system only sets some up for failure as an adult.
This grading methodology is ridiculous!
Keep grades with accountability. Taking accountability out leaves our country with a generation of kids who do not know how to work for anything.