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Re:How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids from How to ‘Do School’ Could Im... by nshepperd on Sunday December 21, 2014 @09:37AM (#8779833)
Sure, but unfortunately the minimum necessary grade is currently a 50% "just managed to cram in enough rote learning in the final week to scrape by" pass mark.
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Re:How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids from How to ‘Do School’ Could Im... by coldtea on Sunday December 21, 2014 @01:42PM (#8780498)
50% and 100% obviously don't mean anything by themselves.

You can have a minimum of 50% and still have kinds know 10 times more than what a minimum of 100% course has them. 50% of an advanced course is better than 100% of a course for idiots.

It's all about the breadth and deepness of the material, not some arbitrary mark on it, like 50%.

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