Steerpike
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- Dec 17, 2007
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I don't understand why you think allowing students to retake classes they've failed is lowering standards. If they let them retake the class and pass them simply because they retook it I would agree with you. But that isn't what they do, at least not in my school district. To pass the class they must earn a passing grade using the same grading system the school already uses. If they don't pass it, they are stuck with a fail.
I think they should certainly be allowed to retake the class and succeed. No problem with that. But I think the renaming of the initial F in the class is at best a wash and at worst a 'lowering of standards' in the sense that you're moving away from being honest with the child and letting them accept the fact that they'd failed at the class. I don't see a reason to sugar coat it, and I am not sure it would be helpful.