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Article #838Re: Class rankings, etc (was: Branding kids, IQ tests, smart vs dumb (Was: Re: Seminar Program)
From: Lynne Axel Fitzsimmons
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:46
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:46
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Well, they way *my* high school worked (I graduated in 1974 from Clear Lake High School, near Houston, Texas), was that most classes had a "regular" rating, where an A = 4 pts down to F = 0 pts. There were "premium" classes that added an extra point (A = 5), and "terminal" classes, which subtracted a point (A = 3), which were remedial, and you have to have special permission to take them. You could not get the additional credit for more than 3 premium classes at a time (you could take them, but your GPA could never be higher than 4.5). Classes such as PE and music and band, etc were all "regular" classes. We didn't have study hall. You were at school to learn. -- Lynne Fitzsimmons lynnef@tekig1.pen.tek.com "Second star on the right and straight on till morning" - Barrie, Pan, Kirk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.tek.com!tekig7!tekig1!lynnef From: lynnef@tekig1.PEN.TEK.COM (Lynne Axel Fitzsimmons) Newsgroups: misc.education,misc.kids,sci.edu Subject: Re: Class rankings, etc (was: Branding kids, IQ tests, smart vs dumb (Was: Re: Seminar Program) Message-ID: <8512@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> Date: 28 Jan 93 21:46:55 GMT References: <1jfeh6INNm2k@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <CEDMAN.93Jan26134351@capitalist.princeton.edu> <1993Jan28.171457.14996@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> Sender: news@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM Followup-To: misc.education Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 17