During a ten-minute Writing Stamina drill, one student wrote, “School is terrible and boring . I hate grading, especially the standard based type. ”
That’s one way to look at it. May I offer another suggestion? We ALL have a job to do. Right now, your job is to be a student. If you do a good job being a student, you could potentially get a good job, which will allow you to make enough money that will allow you to do what you want to do as an adult.
In regards to standards-based grading, it’s easy to blame something new on why you are not doing well. But say that I had to grade this, your bell-work, using the outdated letter system. What grade would you give yourself for two sentences in ten minutes? If the skill being assessed was WRITING STAMINA, how did you do?
Now, is that SBG’s fault? or yours?
I challenge you to rethink how you look at school and work.
Think BIG picture. What kind of person do you want to be? One who complains and blames? Or one who gets things done and leaves others choking on your dust?
Make better choices and I GUARANTEE that you will see better results!
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