Chicago Teaching style: 3x4=11 is ok

[BPTactical]

Just got this email from one of the grandson's teachers - gives me a headache trying to figure out WTF he's talking about. Glad the kid's a junior this year.

Hello everyone -

I wanted to say hello and clear up what an M would mean in the gradebook for Algebra 2. Students have the chance to make their homework better if needed (so an extra night). You should see scores of 10, 9, 8 or 7 for scores. If a 10 is earned, then the student did all homework with no more than 3 errors. If there is an M for now, then the following class time day should have a better score. A grade of 9 would mean a student missed 4 or more problems and are doing corrections on a separate sheet of paper. If a score of 8 is earned, then the student tried 1/2 to 3/4 of homework took it home to complete/correct. If a 7 is earned, then less than 1/2 was tried and it was taken home to complete/correct. If an M stays in the gradebook, then a student did not submit.
If you happen to see the grade of 0, 4, or 5 are earned, then your child is not completing the work. If the above scores are earned, then by completing the 0 would have earned a 7, the 4 would have earned an 8, and the 5 would have earned a 9 if the student had taken home and completed. If you see an M, please realize your child is doing completion and should earn a grade of 7, 8 or 9.

Today's lesson in stupidity is brought to you by the same dickwads that won't spank a child for behaving badly and EVERYBODY gets a trophy!


I find the above e mail virtually incomprehensible.

[brutal]

Originally Posted by rondog Just got this email from one of the grandson's teachers - gives me a headache trying to figure out WTF he's talking about. Glad the kid's a junior this year.

Hello everyone -

I wanted to say hello and clear up what an M would mean in the gradebook for Algebra 2. Students have the chance to make their homework better if needed (so an extra night). You should see scores of 10, 9, 8 or 7 for scores. If a 10 is earned, then the student did all homework with no more than 3 errors. If there is an M for now, then the following class time day should have a better score. A grade of 9 would mean a student missed 4 or more problems and are doing corrections on a separate sheet of paper. If a score of 8 is earned, then the student tried 1/2 to 3/4 of homework took it home to complete/correct. If a 7 is earned, then less than 1/2 was tried and it was taken home to complete/correct. If an M stays in the gradebook, then a student did not submit.
If you happen to see the grade of 0, 4, or 5 are earned, then your child is not completing the work. If the above scores are earned, then by completing the 0 would have earned a 7, the 4 would have earned an 8, and the 5 would have earned a 9 if the student had taken home and completed. If you see an M, please realize your child is doing completion and should earn a grade of 7, 8 or 9.

Today's lesson in stupidity is brought to you by the same dickwads that won't spank a child for behaving badly and EVERYBODY gets a trophy!


I find the above e mail virtually incomprehensible.

No kidding! What is wrong with A, B, C, D, F!

Life doesn't give you any do-overs. Get it right the first time, or learn by your failures.

[Aloha_Shooter]

No kidding! What is wrong with A, B, C, D, F!

Life doesn't give you any do-overs. Get it right the first time, or learn by your failures.

The Libs got spanked over "Outcome-Based Education" 20 years ago so this is their stealth way of implementing it anyway. They can't give Fs ... notice the lowest grade for completing the work (correct or not) listed by rondog was a 7 out of 10 ...

Liberals LIKE having the general public think things are "too difficult" for them to understand personally ... it makes it easier for the libs to pass crap where the math doesn't work by saying "trust us, we have PhDs". OTOH, with such impressive intellectual specimens for parents, Common Core might be the only way Sasha and Malia can get an A in Math ...

[electronman1729]

[rondog]

Today's lesson in stupidity is brought to you by the same dickwads that won't spank a child for behaving badly and EVERYBODY gets a trophy!


I find the above e mail virtually incomprehensible.

Glad to hear it. I tried to understand it and thought "wow, I've been drinking too much cocoa...."

[BPTactical]

Glad to hear it. I tried to understand it and thought "wow, I've been freebasing too much cocaine...."

IFIFY........

[ZERO THEORY]

[Inconel710]

Agenda21 and other examples aside, the video sounded like the way my college engineering statics and mechanics courses were graded. In a ten point "problem", having the correct answer would be one point. Breaking down the forces and following the procedures to determine the answer accounted for the other nine. Those problems were a lot more complicated that 3*4, but the process was the important thing in those courses. This is bringing that type of grading down to a ridiculous level though.

[ZERO THEORY]

Agenda21 and other examples aside, the video sounded like the way my college engineering statics and mechanics courses were graded. In a ten point "problem", having the correct answer would be one point. Breaking down the forces and following the procedures to determine the answer accounted for the other nine. Those problems were a lot more complicated that 3*4, but the process was the important thing in those courses. This is bringing that type of grading down to a ridiculous level though.

In mechanical engineering or organic chemistry, manipulating functions and equations is a valid cornerstone of grading.

You can't sublet a fundamental principle. Imagine if you took your truck into the shop and they poured coolant into your crankcase. Your motor blows up because it's not lubricated with a catalyst of the proper viscosity and temperature resistance, but you should give the mechanic credit for understanding the principle of using fluid to lubricate moving parts?

Do liberals genuinely believe that in the future we're all just going to sing "We Are the World" and never say mean things? Because aggression, selective breeding, and "unfairness" is inherent in life across all species. They're not fixing anything; they're trying to pretend that sentience makes us immune to nature. And weakening our naturally-given means of self defense and survivability in the process.

[MrPrena]

In mechanical engineering or organic chemistry, manipulating functions and equations is a valid cornerstone of grading.

You can't sublet a fundamental principle. Imagine if you took your truck into the shop and they poured coolant into your crankcase. Your motor blows up because it's not lubricated with a catalyst of the proper viscosity and temperature resistance, but you should give the mechanic credit for understanding the principle of using fluid to lubricate moving parts?

Do liberals genuinely believe that in the future we're all just going to sing "We Are the World" and never say mean things? Because aggression, selective breeding, and "unfairness" is inherent in life across all species. They're not fixing anything; they're trying to pretend that sentience makes us immune to nature. And weakening our naturally-given means of self defense and survivability in the process.

Yup.
Those MATH Theories should be taught at HS like stupid Geometry theories/proof.

"This side is equal, so that side is equal"
"This is iso, so both side are con-freaking-gruent"

I think my first semester of Highschool Geometry with all that useless proofs were somewhat waste of time.