Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading

Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by pcmoney on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:40AM (#29185108)

No it is fear I’ll be on the operating table with a surgeon who has been trained to think that if he botches something there is a do over.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by thioordc on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:10AM (#29185276)

Can you tell me the difference between a 4.0 and a 3.9? Usually I find it to be a ~1-2%! That 1% difference is just one sign error, rounding mistake or miss read question on a midterm! However that difference between how that looks on your transcript is extremely substantial. I feel like 1% is just waaay to “accurate” for teachers to handle! Finding a good teacher is much more important than working hard or understanding the material. I think it should just be pass or fail

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by pcmoney on Thursday November 11, 2021 @10:00PM (#29195898)

I dont care how good the teacher was if the student doesn’t understand the material…

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by thioordc on Friday November 12, 2021 @02:40AM (#29197149)

A good teacher by (my) definition teaches students the material well… I don’t think you understood my original comment.

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Re:Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the ol... by DeathArrow on Thursday November 11, 2021 @05:29AM (#29186481)

That sounds selfish.

Isn't it fair that bad surgeons have their chances to butcher you? They are humans, too, they have feelings, they have emotions and they might have endured hardships in their childhood.

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