Making the Grade Kurt Wiesenfeld Kurt Wiesenfeld is a physicist who teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He wrote this essay for the “My Turn” column of the June 17‚ 1996‚ issue of Newsweek. It was a rookie error. After 10 years I should have known better‚ but I went to my office the day after final grades were posted. There was a tentative knock on the door. “Professor Wiesenfeld? I took your Physics 2121 class? I flunked it? I wonder if there’s anything
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Many colleges were involved in grade inflation; but the schools with the most evidence of this action are the Ivy League schools. Two of the schools in the Ivy League program that are known for this practice are Harvard and Princeton in a study conducted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences “in 1966‚ twenty two percent of Harvard undergraduate students earned A’s. By 1996‚ that figure rose to forty-six percent. That same year eighty-two percent of Harvard seniors graduated with honors.”
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Is Grade Retention Beneficial for Students? Is Grade Retention Beneficial for Students? Grade retention‚ also known as “flunking” or being held back‚ is one of the most common ways to raise educational standards. Retention occurs when teachers and administrators and/or parents do not feel the student is ready to be promoted to the next grade due to academic or maturity reasons. The student then has to repeat the previous year until they pass or are prepared for
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I am not running for class president because I have a bigger baseball card collection than the other candidates -- which I do -- but because I am a patriot and I love my class in a totally non-cootie related way. We were once the greatest class in the entire school‚ and we still are because the principal looks down on us and smiles. He loves our class‚ I love our class and we are crazy awesome‚ so keep that in mind while I now explain why we suck so hard. Okay‚ so we’ve all heard the rumor that
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Grade retention‚ better known as "staying back"‚ "being held back" or "repeating"‚ has been the topic of much debate within the educational system. The controversy which surrounds this long-standing issue has been reinforced by such topics as the recent endorsement of academic standards. Research indicates that "the rate of retention has increased by approximately 40% in the last 20 years with as many as 15% of all American students held back each year and 30-50% held back at least once before
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For generations‚ parents have pushed children to get good grades. Many of my classmates are given cash‚ iPods‚ and even cars as rewards for good grades. This obsession with grades comes from the belief that school success means more opportunities for higher paying jobs and a better life. Since grades are indicators of school success‚ good grades are seen as essential. But can grades in high school predict future success? While good grades may indicate the mastery of content‚ what they really demonstrate
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My task was to produce a grade book for primary school teachers; the aim of this spreadsheet was to allow teachers to input scores and record student progress. In this report I will attempt to explain the processes I went through to produce the grade book. Step 1 In order to create a professional‚ user friendly grade book‚ I firstly wrote a list of the items I wanted to include in my spreadsheet using Microsoft Word‚ before I started creating it. I did this so that I could make sure I had
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occupied the 7th grade‚ I was sebangku with Rini. However‚ due to my homeroom‚ Ms. Zuraida‚ teachers of religion. Put us with different SD‚ I place with Rizka Nadya d. She’s a kind‚ likes to share‚ joking-laughter mapun grief with me. He was the first JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL dipermulaan my friend. We also never traveled together. When done go home athletic events‚ I‚ Nadya‚ Febby‚ Fathia‚ Alesya‚ Nadiya‚ Sheila‚ Via Eva‚ and sometimes love to travel together. However‚ as we climb the grade two‚ me and they
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disadvantages of representative democracy? Representative democracy is where the public people vote for and elect a person (called an MP‚ Member or Parliament) to portray and voice the opinions of the area the MP was elected in. They will take the views of their constituency on board when speaking in the House of Commons. A country which uses this is the United Kingdom. One of the advantages of representative democracy is that even with over 60 million people in the UK the system of representative democracy
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The Letter Grade Speaking for any studious college student‚ the best letter grade will always be the top‚ A+. Evaluating a letter grade for ourselves can be so easy but at the same time so difficult putting it down in words with out bragging about one self. Personally‚ with out the brag‚ I strongly believe I deserve an A. Carrying with a full time paid job and a full time student cannot be easily pulled off but I have managed to handle the responsibility‚ the attendance‚ and the participation
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