country‚ grade inflation is spreading rampant like an unforgiving plague‚ effecting students of community institutions as well as the big dogs of elite‚ IVY league schools. Writer Brent Staples‚ a member of the New York Times editorial board‚ explains in his essay‚ Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s‚ why so many colleges are “simply issuing more and more A’s‚ stoking grade inflation and devaluing degrees.” With every example of disastrous situations Staples gives as to why grade inflation
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Keep the grades Without a grading system‚ could anyone expect students to do better in college? If we stop using the grading system for college students then students will lose motivation to help them in their studies. Additionally‚ keeping the grading system will help students show where their weakness in a subject is at. Lastly‚ the system provides a way to measure students ranking in their academic achievements. Colleges should keep the grading system to motivate students to do well in school
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Some of the most memorable events that happened in my life occurred during seventh and eighth grade. One of the most fond memories that I had was my seventh grade trip to Washington‚ DC. We took a class trip to Washington DC so that we could visit all the important historic monuments for history class. This was a very memorable event because all my friends had came on the trip and we all bonded while we were there which created stronger relationships between all of us. This made my year because
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On Friday October 21‚ 2016 we had our first 8th grade field trip. We went to Four Mounds - I watched as Kate did the log walk‚ I thought this couldn’t be too bad‚ I couldn’t wait to try it out . When it was my turn to climb‚ I was strapped up to go on the log‚ Jake was struggling to get the bright Barbie pink‚ colored helmet off his head so I said “do you need help?” “Yea”he said slightly embarrassed‚ so I reached up to his neck and undid the clasp and took off the helmet for him thanks” he said
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GRADE 5 --- 2013-2014 AGE OF MACHINES I) Complete the following sentences: i) The age in which we live can be called the ______________________ ii) The first metal to be discovered was____________________ iii) Bronze is made by mixing ___________________________________ iv) Iron tools were used to cut down trees and__________________________ v) Iron weapons also made it easier to________________________________ vi) Humans learnt to use the force of wind and made _________________
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Miss Caroline’s first day * Her attitude to Maycomb and the school. * Her pupils (scout/Walter/Burris/Little chuck etc.) * Her teaching methods and there effectiveness. * Classroom management. * Key moments etc. Dear diary‚ I walked into the classroom to see all my new pupils‚ I was nervous at first but then Miss Maudie introduced me to the class and everything was fine. I wrote my name on the board and told them what it said and where I am from. The class just murmured
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Scope and limitations Abstract The grade of the student is one of the essential qualities of a school works. Grade reflects and measures the performance of the student and determines whether a student passes the subject or not. It also helps the student’s learning development. Thus‚ student’s grade must be accurately calculated‚ safety accumulated or stored in database and must be well distributed to the students. In order to keep students updated on their grade. We researchers come up with the idea
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Who cares about good grades? I never did. I had always told myself that a D was a good grade. Although I was very smart I was completely irresponsible when it came to turning in assignments for classes. I had gone through middle school with a mind set that D’s were passing and at the time that’s all that mattered. It gave me more time to be with friends and less with school. But I was in for a wake up call my second year of high school when I was called in by my counselor. “Okay students‚ I’m going
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four years. My first taste of high school was in the spring of my 8th grade year. My band director hosted a marching band clinic for rising freshman. Fresh off of a personal victory of being awarded the Director’s award for Musical Excellence‚ I eagerly attended. After getting the taste of high school marching band‚ earning a spot on the snare line my freshman year‚ and getting my music down‚ I was ready to march my first steps on the field. The following summer‚ on the first day of band camp
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I’m going to tell you about my life from the end of 7th grade to the end of 8th grade. At the end of seventh grade I had went to both my brothers C-tec and Watkins graduation. After both graduations we had a graduation party and I got to see family members I haven’t seen in forever. I got to hang out with my cousin and eat a lot of delicious foods. A few days later it was the last day of school and all I did was hang out with all of my friends. After that it was finally summer! My whole summer pretty
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