[ladyjane]

George Roberts says low marks can damage a student's feeling of self-potential.

LOL

Can you imagine teaching a room full of kids with IQs of 85 who get no negative feedback when they act out like animals.

[Uversabound]

ferals

[Think free or die]

"Can you imagine teaching a room full of kids with IQs of 85 who get no negative feedback when they act out like animals."

I don't have to imagine it - I've been there. It's heartbreaking to see the waste of human potential. Some of the kids are bright, but so far behind in their basic skills that they are functionally illiterate and innumerate. Others are lacking the potential for anything but the most basic existence but we're pretending that they're college material. I got out of the urban setting. The suburbs are better, but we face many related challenges.