[Wftl-lug] Tuxzine

[Jon Biddell]

This is interesting.

In Australia, NSW at least, we have a major exam at the end of Year  
10 (the "School Certificate") and at the end of Year 12 (the "Higher  
School Certificate" - required for entrance into University).

Everyone gets one, no matter what mark you get - you get a  
"TER" (Tertiary Entrance Ranking) from 1 to 100, with most of the  
good courses (IT, Medicine, etc) requiring 95 or better.

Just this week they have FINALLY decided to change the rules - now,  
from this year, if you don't get over a certain mark (they haven't  
decided what it is yet !!), you don't get one !

But, of course, the bloody teachers don't want to do it !

>
>>> and parents becoming to involved that at times it seemed you  
>>> couldn't
>>> give a
>>> student a failing grade even if he/she earned.  I don't teach, I  
>>> am a
>>> full
>>
>> How do public schools determine if a student fails? If they are weak
>> in one class (say Math), does that mean they fail an entire grade?
>> What if the student is on the borderline? What/who determines if they
>> pass or fail?
>>
>>
> <snip>
> In the instance I was talking about it was just one class where the
> student cheated on his final report and I gave him a zero and wrote up
> something for the principle.  The student needed the report to pass
> government which is a requirement to graduate in the state of  
> Michigan.
> The principal and the parents worked out a "deal" to let the kid  
> graduate
> even though he ended up w/ a way below passing grade.  This happened
> enough that it soured my view on things teaching wise
> -- 
> Jonathan Jesse
>
>
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