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Old 06-07-2012, 11:34 AM   #142
Daradon
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For any of you that attended Bishop Carroll High School, you were in a no zero policy environment. For those not familair with BCHS, they are a work at your own pace school. Each 5 credit course was worth 30 units. Some tests and assignments were worth 1 unit, some were worth 4. To get your 5 credits for English, you had to complete all 30 units. You would only receive the units upon passing the test or assignment. You were unable togo write a test, bomb it, and still get credit for the units. If you failed a test, you were not given credit for the test, and to rewrite it, you had to show the teacher you completed the work. If you were a grade 12 and had 27 of 30 units by the diploma deadline, you were not writing the diploma. You would have to wait til next year/semester and finish those last 3 units.

What is frustrating about the "no zero policy" is that the general public and media looks at it as being ridiculous without actually understanding the policy. The "No Zero Policy" keeps students accountable for their grades, the entitlement comes from

"I have a 80 in the course, I can get away with bombing a test or two"

The teachers must be held accountable to follow through with the "no zero policy" for it to work effectively.[/QUOTE]


Did you teach there?

I got a few zeros...

Jerk.


Quotes got killed. Probably cause my teachers passed my internet course.
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