[etni] Re: getting around the school grade- Bagrut
- From: "Bari Nirenberg" <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: motti46@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:16:15 +0300
Ok, so I have to ask... So what??? While they're in high school,
they can take the exam for free. After high school, they have to pay
for it. The overwhelming majority of kids NEED to learn English in
high school to be able to do well on the exam. So we're doing our
jobs and teaching them English. To be really honest, I don't care how
the kids take the exam afterwards -- with or without the school grade.
The ones I care about are the ones who work really hard and get a
bonus for their hard work, which helps them to get a better grade than
they could have gotten alone.
The other side of the coin is teachers who give kids unfair grades
that in no way reflect what they're capable of doing or even what they
have done in class. As a parent, I've seen this, too.
Bari
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Motti <motti46@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> One of our students failed to show up for the Module G test. We thought he
> had overslept or forgotten about it. However, when I saw him this morning
> and asked him what happened, his answer was : Why should I do it? The
> teacher gave me a low school grade and I know I can do a lot better without
> it. So I decided not to show up and do the test without the school grade.
> One day we may wake up to see many students do the same and maybe skip
> English classes altogether.
>
> Mordechai Mendelkern
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: laurie ornstein
> To: Ask_Etni ; etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:52 AM
> Subject: [etni] getting around the school grade- Bagrut
> Hi All,
>
> I know this issue was discussed this semester but as we faced Bagrut day,
> it's resurfaced.
>
> Why bother doing projects, book report portfolios, literature and all the
> "extras" when you get around it? I'm a stickler for doing all the required
> work and using the NBA formula to calculate grades. This year a significant
> number of pupils in my school figured out that it wasn't worth their while
> to do all their assignments above since they can "disappear" their school
> grade after taking the exam once and redoing it as an external pupil
> afterwards and get a grade on the exam only. So this is what they've done.
> It's the first time in all my teaching years I've had a long list of
> failures, mostly due to the fact that the kids decided not to invest in
> doing "unnecessary" work. Needless to say, I spoke with them begged and
> pleaded....
> Your conclusions?!
>
> Laurie - a frustrated worn-out teacher
>
> PS Ruth's words - you said it!
>
>
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