Soren wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:My kids report cards make no sense, is this just our school district or did they get just totally get rid of the A-F grades? My kids school uses:

Standards Scale
M = Modified Expectations E = Exceeding Expectations 3 = Achieved Expectations
2 = Approaching Expectation 1 = Below Expectations

Math
M = Modified Expectations
E = Exceeding Expectations
3, 3+ = Achieved Expectations 2, 2+ = Approaching Expectation 1 = Below Expectations

Qualities of a Learner
C = Consistently O = Occasionally R = Rarely
* = Not Instructed

So...is M good?

I don’t think so, I think it is like what you get if you move in at the end of a trimester or something, but I have no idea.

Also, my kids are smart, my son is always 95th plus percentile in math and reading on the standardized tests. He’s on a high school reading level, he just started the dark tower series, and is in an accelerated math program where he took 7th grade math this past year in 6th grade and is going into prealgebra in the fall. He does his homework and gets great scores on his tests and quizzes but he gets 3’s in all of his classes. I feel like based on their scale that would equate to a B, but I really don’t feel like he’s a B student, or at least a straight B student, he’s never gotten anything other than a 3 so I just don’t get it. Is a 3 an A? Then wtf is an E?

feel like 3 is the best you can do.

Bill McNeal wrote:

Soren wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:My kids report cards make no sense, is this just our school district or did they get just totally get rid of the A-F grades? My kids school uses:

Standards Scale
M = Modified Expectations E = Exceeding Expectations 3 = Achieved Expectations
2 = Approaching Expectation 1 = Below Expectations

Math
M = Modified Expectations
E = Exceeding Expectations
3, 3+ = Achieved Expectations 2, 2+ = Approaching Expectation 1 = Below Expectations

Qualities of a Learner
C = Consistently O = Occasionally R = Rarely
* = Not Instructed

So...is M good?

I don’t think so, I think it is like what you get if you move in at the end of a trimester or something, but I have no idea.

Also, my kids are smart, my son is always 95th plus percentile in math and reading on the standardized tests. He’s on a high school reading level, he just started the dark tower series, and is in an accelerated math program where he took 7th grade math this past year in 6th grade and is going into prealgebra in the fall. He does his homework and gets great scores on his tests and quizzes but he gets 3’s in all of his classes. I feel like based on their scale that would equate to a B, but I really don’t feel like he’s a B student, or at least a straight B student, he’s never gotten anything other than a 3 so I just don’t get it. Is a 3 an A? Then wtf is an E?

I guess E is, "We thought your kid was a real dummy, but just look at this shit!" If they already know he's smart, I suppose he can only meet expectations.

Bill McNeal wrote:

Soren wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:My kids report cards make no sense, is this just our school district or did they get just totally get rid of the A-F grades? My kids school uses:

Standards Scale
M = Modified Expectations E = Exceeding Expectations 3 = Achieved Expectations
2 = Approaching Expectation 1 = Below Expectations

Math
M = Modified Expectations
E = Exceeding Expectations
3, 3+ = Achieved Expectations 2, 2+ = Approaching Expectation 1 = Below Expectations

Qualities of a Learner
C = Consistently O = Occasionally R = Rarely
* = Not Instructed

So...is M good?

I don’t think so, I think it is like what you get if you move in at the end of a trimester or something, but I have no idea.

Also, my kids are smart, my son is always 95th plus percentile in math and reading on the standardized tests. He’s on a high school reading level, he just started the dark tower series, and is in an accelerated math program where he took 7th grade math this past year in 6th grade and is going into prealgebra in the fall. He does his homework and gets great scores on his tests and quizzes but he gets 3’s in all of his classes. I feel like based on their scale that would equate to a B, but I really don’t feel like he’s a B student, or at least a straight B student, he’s never gotten anything other than a 3 so I just don’t get it. Is a 3 an A? Then wtf is an E?

That's some good shit, but it does also involve a gun barrel abortion and fucking the demon out of someone.



King is a really weird guy.

Oof... thank you for reminding me that, I read them like 10 years ago and didn't remember that part. Maybe I'll have him take a break for a few years.

King is a really weird dude, I really do enjoy his writing and even his average stuff is great, but he does occasionally go down some weird sexual rabbit holes.

ReadingPhilly wrote:feel like 3 is the best you can do.

Probably, just seems like a really weird grading scale, you either are horrible, need to get better or fine.

Bill McNeal wrote:Oof... thank you for reminding me that, I read them like 10 years ago and didn't remember that part. Maybe I'll have him take a break for a few years.

King is a really weird dude, I really do enjoy his writing and even his average stuff is great, but he does occasionally go down some weird sexual rabbit holes.

like the child orgy. That one is pretty weird.

I read King's stuff at that age. Shit I read Clive Barker

I did too actually, which I why I had recommended the Dark Tower series to him. The first King book I read was The Tommyknockers and it was the summer between 6th and 7th grade

My kids were advanced readers. I worried about a book one of them wanted to read in 7th grade, but his teacher told me that things that kids did not necessarily understand how to deal with were just sort of filed, and they move on. It could be OK.

WheelsFellOff wrote:I read King's stuff at that age. Shit I read Clive Barker

Yeah, and look at how you turned out. McNeal better abort mission.

Bill McNeal wrote:I did too actually, which I why I had recommended the Dark Tower series to him. The first King book I read was The Tommyknockers and it was the summer between 6th and 7th grade

Didn’t they hump a green rock

Has anyone heard anything about our uncle milty?

Wheels Tupay wrote:Has anyone heard anything about our uncle milty?

probably something in the conspiracies thread

Wheels Tupay wrote:Has anyone heard anything about our uncle milty?

I reached out to him in March to see how he was doing and he said

Hey - no need to worry but I appreciate the concern. In a lot of pain after the surgery so I'll update more once I'm feeling a little better.

Haven’t heard from him since.

Bill McNeal wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:Has anyone heard anything about our uncle milty?

I reached out to him in March to see how he was doing and he said

Hey - no need to worry but I appreciate the concern. In a lot of pain after the surgery so I'll update more once I'm feeling a little better.

Haven’t heard from him since.

Oh. that makes me feel a lot better.

Enjoy your day, dads, and the big piece of chicken

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