[etni] Failure is not an option
- From: "Ask" <ask@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "Etni" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:31:22 +0300
Failure is not an option
TheStar.com - June 9, 2007
She has skipped 30 classes in a row and hasn't handed in an assignment all
term, but the principal wants her teacher to cut this Grade 12 student some
slack.
"He told me, `Look, the student says she's finally willing to hand in all
her work, so I want you to mark it and don't take off points for being
late,'" sighs the English teacher at a west Toronto high school.
"Whatever happened to deadlines? We bend over so far for kids these days,
it's a joke."
With the school year almost done, the pressure for marks is on – and not
just for students, but also teachers.
A growing chorus of educators say Queen's Park's new drive to keep kids in
school to 18 is pushing them to coddle students with inflated marks, too
many second, third and fourth chances and too few flunking grades, adding to
an already lofty sense of entitlement.
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