I struggled with school, working my butt off for the honor rolls and the perfect grades. posts
Daily Mail She says her daughter was 'forced to share the honor with a white student with lower grades'.
105 months ago
HuffPost Lifestyle “I will no longer hide you.”
105 months ago
Fox News The letter also notes that students should not see their grades without "parental permission and guidance."
What do you think of the policy?
122 months ago
Fox News "Our point was to make sure we had honest grading but at the same time took care of the emotional needs of those students who are really trying very hard," a school official said.
What do you think of this policy?
122 months ago
Huffington Post UK Interesting approach...
School Offers To Change Grades On Students' Reports
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We've heard of children attempting to change the grades on their school report, but one school has decided to save them the bother by sending a letter to their parents offering to bump up their marks.
122 months ago
Slate.com It was really, really important that students at this NYC school get better grades.
124 months ago
MTV J.K. Rowling's words will also make you feel beautiful/handsome (via HelloGiggles)
How JK Rowling helped me stop wishing to be ‘the prettiest one’
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I've always been a perfectionist. When I was little, I wanted my stuff to be organized in my room (there was a huge difference between my room side and my sister's, messy side). When I started going to school, I wanted to have the highest grades poss
Read more ... ible. I wasn't satisfied with a B+, I wanted an A. I've always felt the pressure to be perfect, but this pressure never affected the way I felt my body, until I started attending high school. In high school, especially if you are a girl, you are likely to start being judged with new parameters: the size of your jeans, the length of your legs, the measure of your chest and your butt, the clothes you wear. When I was 15, I didn't really get all of this, but, as a perfectionist, I started thinking that I had to try my best to suit all those ideals. I could write pages and pages about how bad I felt during those years, when all that mattered to me was to be perfect and to be the prettiest one for everyone. I spent so ...
128 months ago
NPR Test scores are up and discipline referrals are down in Windsor Locks. Could a no-grades system be working?
130 months ago
I fucking love science Parasites carried by your cat could be affecting your child's grades.
Is Your Cat Lowering Your Grades?
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That can't be fur real! A new study has come out suggesting that pets might be lowering school children's grades, and not just because they're cute and distracting them from homework.
130 months ago
NBC News This is one alternative to actually studying and working hard...
130 months ago
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