post 02/20/2009

• Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes – NYTimes.com – Annotated

  tags: student, expectation, grade inflation, entitlement

  • “I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”
    • Accurate description of what happens “in the trenches”. We have a whole generation of lego-minded individuals, who think of knowledge as a set o pieces that need to be assembled as fast and mindlessly as possible. – post by somatei
  • “I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”
  • “I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”
  • “I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”
  • “I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”

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