Dallas school district grading requirements

[ASTalumna06]

This is ridiculous.

"But Dr. Hinojosa asked teachers and parents to consider that in the long run the rules will help more students succeed."

Help more students succeed at what? Being lazy and stupid and getting by on it?

Hell, I'll be honest, if I was in school and I didn't have to do homework, I wouldn't do it. I'm sure very few students would. And if I could skip studying to go out with my friends because I'd be able to make up the test later, I would. But from 1st grade through senior year in high school, kids have to have rules and appropriate guidelines to follow, and they have to be held accountable when they make a mistake. Just like in college and the real world... except by then, no one really cares if you decide to be lazy and F*** up because of it.

And what happens when they go to college? Or even when they go to get part-time jobs during the summer? "Oh, it's ok Johnny, you clearly can't add because you never had to study, and your cash register drawer is off by $200, but we'll let it slide this time." ... Um.. no.

In some schools, they won't even let the teachers use red pen anymore to correct papers, because apparently it's "mean". And in some cases, they can't mark the wrong answers wrong, and instead, they have to mark all the correct answers correct. Apparently telling a kid that "definatly" is spelled wrong, or that 2+2 doesn't equal 5 will be a major blow to them psychologically.