Today the outrageous news that certain teachers and Principals in the Atlanta school system are being charged with allegedly "cooking the books" by changing and correcting wrong answers in student test pages in order to give the school an acceptable student performance record. When I saw this on TV this morning and read about it in today's newspapers, it occurred to me that the idea of the above ladies ever even considering such gross dishonesty would never be considered. We had to earn each and every A, B, C, D, and yes E and F!
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Anonymous said... - I seem to remember a scheme in Georgia that would reward each student who maintained a "B" average with free tuition and open admission to any of Georgia's public colleges or universities. You just knew that suddenly every student in Georgia would become an overnight scholar. Skip
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- Randolph said...
- I think we might be fooling ourselves if we think this type of thing doesn't go on more frequently than is even reported, and probably by local teachers we've all had and loved. Some (college or high school) schools, teachers, administrators have been known to give fake good grades to athletes or to kids they just don't want to deal with. I'm sure the vast majority of educators don't participate in such foolishness, but there's bound to be a healthy handful who are up to no good.
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- Anonymous said...
- There was a occasional "Gentleman's C" that I am sure was handed out when deserved but even the athletes were expected to study unlike today. To attest to the hard attitude back in the 50's and 1960's we had two young men driving to grammar school. It took them a few extra years but they made it. They were allowed to drive but had to park a few blocks from the school. I met one of them a few years ago and he retired from the Army having done quite well for himself. Skip
I seem to remember a scheme in Georgia that would reward each student who maintained a "B" average with free tuition and open admission to any of Georgia's public colleges or universities.
ReplyDeleteYou just knew that suddenly every student in Georgia would become an overnight scholar.
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I think we might be fooling ourselves if we think this type of thing doesn't go on more frequently than is even reported, and probably by local teachers we've all had and loved. Some (college or high school) schools, teachers, administrators have been known to give fake good grades to athletes or to kids they just don't want to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the vast majority of educators don't participate in such foolishness, but there's bound to be a healthy handful who are up to no good.
There was a occasional "Gentlemans C" that I am sure was handed out when deserved but even the athletes were expected to study unlike today.
ReplyDeleteTo attest to the hard attitude back in the 50's and 1960's we had two young men driving to grammar school. It took them a few extra years but they made it. They were allowed to drive but had to park a few blocks from the school. I met one of them a few years ago and he retired from the Army having done quite well for himself.
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