Thank you for explaining yourself. I do get very defensive about people I love.jasendorf said:I know you're not deserving of my not so nice words... and I'm sorry for ticking you off... but I just wanted to show why schools are picking multiple valedictorians and salutorians. I'm certain your sister was worthy of her title as co-salutorian... but these are the issues schools are faced with every day. I find it interesting that a bunch of people who were just screaming about "mediocrity" and lowered expectations were now defending your sister even though she didn't have the second highest GPA at the end of the year.
Amazing how personal it becomes when it's the sister of someone you know on a message board... but teachers who deal with these kids every day are supposed to somehow be "more objkective"
I think what everyone is disagreeing about is the "lowered expectations" part. They are saying the standards should not be changed just bc someone does not meet them. In my sister's case, the standards were changed bc that other girl did not meet them. She whined about the method that had always been used bc she wanted to get something out of it.
This also applies to grades. In my daughter's case, she is not meeting the standards in math. Yet she is still bringing home As & Bs on her report card. They changed the standard (I am presuming that standard would be ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE of the material), just bc Abbie does not meet it. SIf she doesn't know her math facts; I wish they would fail her, instead of changing what she needs to know to "achieve" an A.
This is the discrepency, here. Lowering the bar to suit a personal action/desire/ability vs. Setting the bar and allowing students to vault over it or miss it as they are able.