Random Thoughts 17: Here we go again.
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Yea, I saw thatDid you know he got pretty badly burned working on one of his cars back in November?
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These teacher christmas gifts are getting nicer and nicer. My wife has been getting 50 bucks from a few students the last couple years each. One gave her a very nice jacket from a business uptown, and usually has a couple hundred in gift cards to various places, along with the usuals. I think last year, some kid handed her a C-note even. Almost getting to be a competition to see who gives the nicest gift nowadays. Which I have no issue with.
Will be in the TCs the night of February 20th. Flying solo this night since I have training the next day. Who wants some drinks?
"The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow."
Actually I would be happy with a fruit basket, those applies do look like they suck though.So no more gift baskets?
Some schools have even decided that HS grades aren't good. I know a kid went to UNI with their Satisfactory/Unsat/Incomplete report care and the admissions person said, how do I put this into the formula for grade point and class rank. That HS has now went back to actual grades, but I don't know about others that were doing it at the time.Gotta make sure they get an A.
CycloneErik
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I'd be OK with that. I only do grades at all because I have to. I'm not very convinced that they accomplish very much.
They probably don't, but when college entrances are heavily skewed to them, it's kinda hard to not have them. The other issue is in HS, what is Satisfactory for your middle students is deemed unsatisfactory for your top students.
CycloneErik
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That's really not an issue you can't solve with a consistent guide or rubric. It's really easy.
If I were planning a career, I'd look more into ungrading and other ideas out there. It's something I'd want to learn more about.
MrsWx doesn't go overboard but does generally make the teachers a gift. Made me think this year how many of these things they get and do they have a storage unit for all of them through the years.
If you went to a small enough school you sort have had a sliding curve where a higher expectations were set by how good of student you were. A student that had a hard time in school but put real effort in could get a C but a good student sluffing might even end up with a C even if objectively their work was better.
I like the focus on classes that is a large chunk of it. I am glad they have started dumping the ACT. My daughter is not the greatest test taker in the world. I would put her as you 70% area students. Probably a third better, but 2/3rds behind. She did poorly on the ACT, that is what I figured would happen but understands class work and is over a 3.0 at ISU halfway through. Not world beating but I still place as a respectable gpa.
Turns out that standoff yesterday started when the police went to execute a search warrant in regards to 1st degree sexual assault of a child
We have shifted a bit and now try to focus on helping teachers with supplies at the beginning of the year. Any gifts around Christmas time is usually the teacher's favorite candy or something small.
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