http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US-utf8 http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:34:21 +0000 David Urnes Johnson [Visitor] c50@http://www.thedynamo.org/ It is important to not "leave a child behind", but I think it is still possible to have an educational system where you encourage the best students to excel even more. In some classes here at UF, you can get an A without much effort. When you have a solid A already, you have no incentives to dig deeper into the material and learn more. This is unfortunate! In Norway, where I am from, the average grade is much lower, and a B is considered a very good grade. In a class of 200, there could be incidences where only 2 students get an A. By lowering the average grade, and by reevaluating what is a "good" grade, the best students will always have something to stretch for.. http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php/when-did-average-become-good-enough#c50 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:19:13 +0000 Lance Legel [Member] c4@http://www.thedynamo.org/ Good first article.<br /> <br /> I think it may be unfair to "leave a child behind", and uneconomical, however.
I think it may be unfair to "leave a child behind", and uneconomical, however.]]> http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php/when-did-average-become-good-enough#c4 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:38:35 +0000 John Rausch [Member] c3@http://www.thedynamo.org/ I've been saying this for quite some time. Couldn't agree more, and well put. http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php/when-did-average-become-good-enough#c3