My senior credit factory classes are doing very poorly. Here are their final grades:
| B+ | 87% | F | 56% | F | 29% |
| B- | 81% | F | 56% | F | 27% |
| C+ | 79% | F | 51% | F | 22% |
| C | 76% | F | 50% | F | 21% |
| C- | 70% | F | 50% | F | 21% |
| D+ | 67% | F | 48% | F | 20% |
| D- | 62% | F | 37% | F | 19% |
| D- | 61% | F | 34% | F | 19% |
| D- | 60% | F | 32% | F | 15% |
| F | 14% | ||||
| F | 8% | ||||
| F | 8% | ||||
| F | 8% | ||||
| F | 6% |
I had the kids take seven quizzes during the quarter, and they turned in 33 homework assignments. If they miss a quiz due to absences, they can take it upon their return. I just make them take it before or after school (in most cases). Two kids came in the last day of the quarter to take some. Here are the grades of those students who took every quiz over the length of the quarter.
| B+ | 87% | F | 56% | |
| B- | 81% | F | 50% | |
| C+ | 79% | |||
| C | 76% | |||
| C- | 70% | |||
| D+ | 67% | |||
| D- | 62% |
For the two “F” grades, the one with the 56% has not turned in ten assignments, and the 50% has not turned in 17 assignments. Most of the others were undone.
The counseling office takes kids that aren’t passing geometry and puts them in my class because they assume that it is an “easy credit”.
Counselors: You did not look at my quarter 1 grades. If you had, you would notice that most of these kids fail. I expect these students to come to my class, think in my class, work in my class, and work a little bit outside of class. The reason they failed geometry isn’t because they are stupid, it is because they are lazy. When you put them in my class, they still are lazy, and they still won’t pass. Don’t think that I’ll give a “D-” to a kid who shows up half the time just so that you can graduate more kids in June. It isn’t going to happen.