[Federalist Society]

I recall a story about a mother that home schooled her kids. The kids wanted to get grades just like kids in public school. The dad asked the mother what she thought about the idea. She said, “Sure, but it's a waste of time because they will all get straight A's”.

The dad thought this was just a mother bragging about her smart children, and said, “Do you really think they will ALL get straight A's?”

She said, “Yes I do because they will not move on until they have MASTERED the material.”

At that moment the dad realized his wife was not bragging about the kids, but meant that they WERE GOING TO LEARN the material no matter what!

[wintertime]

Did you read that on one of my posts?

My children never received a grade until they were in college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13.

They absolutely did not move on until they had 100% mastery of the material!! ( I **seriously ** mean it!!!)

[JenB]

That’s how my mother handled our schooling. She would check our work, we’d go back and do it right. Of course my dad was involved enough in our studies that he didn’t have to ask questions about how the grading went...

So far her assessment of our grades has been pretty accurate. The two of us who are/were in college for engineering-type degrees have achieved or maintained 3.7-ish gpas, the two who went for more liberal arty things got 4.0s...