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t*p: that was the general consensus on the radio show I was listening to. I personally know that my very bright son, if he knew that homework grades couldn't hurt him, would never do his homework right. His math teacher last year gave 100% on homework if they had all the things in their heading correct (name, hour, date, and assignment) and if all the problems were done whether any of the answers on their math were correct or not! As I was looking over a homework assignment he was working on, I discovered he was doing the same thing wrong every single time. I wanted him to go back and re-do them all and he says to me "As long as I know how to do it now, I don't have to go back and fix those, it won't matter for my grade" and I made him go back and do them anyway. However, that's precisely the kind of attitude I see these grading rules creating, even in the smart (but lazy) kids.
And, as the DJ yesterday pointed out, what happens when these kids get to a job where they have a project due and they don't get it done on time? Do they think they won't get penalized then? Just another example of how our society wants to coddle kids, make them succeed, even when they don't earn it.
And, do principals really have so little to do that they can spend all day determining which students' late assignments are ok and which will get penalized?
I sure hope this doesn't become a trend!
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