tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post2799044322552560947..comments2023-11-13T04:55:40.769-05:00Comments on Tuttle SVC: Culture of DishonestyTom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-15406017091287516602010-06-19T17:08:25.834-04:002010-06-19T17:08:25.834-04:00Tom,
I learned a new one this year. I agreed to...Tom, <br /><br />I learned a new one this year. I agreed to the ZAP grading system where zeros are recorded as a 50. I've always done well in motivating kids, including second semester seniors without grades.<br /><br />Under that system and the way our computerized grade book is programmed, if you have a B in February then you are statistically guaranteed of passing. So, if the school doesn't enforce the attendance policy, you don't need to go to class from March onward.<br /><br />Only four of my seniors (I mostly have sophomores)took advantage of that system and disappeared in March, but it was four kids where I lost the opportunity to teach and have last semester relationships. And if they try to go to college next year, they'll realize that they got cheated by a system that encouraged them to cheat.John Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180984601956501963noreply@blogger.com