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  • cbxjeff
    Saturday, there was a follow-up to the Thursday announcement. Begining in the fall of 2020 there will be no diplomas given - just participation certificates.
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  • spasmcreek
    how FNN stupid .....who is behind all this dumbing down of AMERICA....grandson 4.0 thru high school......3.65 thru 4 yr college..now in doctorate program for physical therapy...and what the hell would a "participation" diploma get ???? right to the welfare roles ??????????? a job scoopin chit off of public streets in san fanny frisco and seattle ?????
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  • spasmcreek
    maybe nascar and drag racing could do this ...all winners????
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  • mag00
    ?I know there were kids well over a 4.0 who were barely in the top 10 percent,?

    I think math may have been troublesome to these folks. Or did I miss the new GPA scoring, in which my 4.0 don't mean 4.0?

    It doesn't surprise me that much, some people think there is 110% too.
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  • spasmcreek
    even special olympics has catagories to evenly match contestents and prizes are awarded....grankid had 5 or 6 in his high school class who were equal 4.0 all they wqay thru so they just had them all listed as valedictorian......fair and square......one class many years early had 3 do the same....worked OK
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  • remingtonoaks
    mag00 wrote:
    ?I know there were kids well over a 4.0 who were barely in the top 10 percent,?

    I think math may have been troublesome to these folks. Or did I miss the new GPA scoring, in which my 4.0 don't mean 4.0?

    It doesn't surprise me that much, some people think there is 110% too.

    Clearly you don't understand what a 4.0 GPA is. There's no such thing as you put it "well over a 4.0" ... 4.0 is the highest that anybody can get
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  • BobJudy
    mag00 wrote:
    ?I know there were kids well over a 4.0 who were barely in the top 10 percent,?

    I think math may have been troublesome to these folks. Or did I miss the new GPA scoring, in which my 4.0 don't mean 4.0?

    It doesn't surprise me that much, some people think there is 110% too.

    I wondered about this also. Found out that some school systems award their students extra points for community service type projects. Our local high school has senior project credits. One of my SCTP kids just raised about 10 grand for wounded vets by having a charity sporting clays shoot at the club we belong to. That's the kind of senior project that gets my respect. Bob
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  • 11b6r
    No, 4,0 does not mean what 4.0 USED to mean. I graduated college with a 3.8, working full time, raising family, and I was damned proud of it. Today I would be asked to explain why I "only" had a 3.8.

    When they start adding to my GRADE POINT AVERAGE for how many people I got to register to vote, meals I served at the Union Mission, or anything that is not a grade point- they are now mixing feel good crap with my academic report card.
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  • spasmcreek
    ahhhh....grading on the curve and the curve has a big sag in the middle
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  • spasmcreek
    methinks schools are following CONGRESS.....new method with all the high rated students makes the school look good and draw more $$$$$$...public wont find out about the stupid till the fix is already in
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  • mag00
    spasmcreek wrote:
    methinks schools are following CONGRESS.....new method with all the high rated students makes the school look good and draw more $$$$$$...public wont find out about the stupid till the fix is already in

    At the same time crying for more money from us.
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  • Warbirds
    Just think how great those last races of the season would be if every team had a perfect score going into the championship race!
    spasmcreek wrote:
    maybe nascar and drag racing could do this ...all winners????
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  • 320090T
    Parts of MD did this five years ago.
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