[jd792]

My sons math teacher in 7th grade,gave him A+ on all his homework .While looking at his A+ work and feeling proud,I found that every problem was incorrect.When the teacher was confronted , she said IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE WRONG,ITS MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE WORK WAS DONE... Teachers Union Logic

[GSWarrior]

Sounds like your son's teacher has better things to do than grade tests.

[freemama]

This looks like Outcome Based Education philosophy put into practice.

[Brad C.]

I had a similar experience. I went to parent/teacher conferences and looked at the grade book. My daughhter had A+'s on every homework assignment, and F's on every test. I asked the teacher and she told me not to worry because with the weighting she used my little darling would pass the class with a "C".

Seems that at the start of class, the students would place their "homework" on the corner of their desks and the teacher would observe if there was any work on the paper. If there were math problems, instant "A". Net result, both teacher and student were very upset that I could be so unreasonable about such a "minor" problem.

[Aquinasfan]

My sons math teacher in 7th grade,gave him A+ on all his homework .While looking at his A+ work and feeling proud,I found that every problem was incorrect.When the teacher was confronted , she said IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE WRONG,ITS MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE WORK WAS DONE...

BTTT

[KC_for_Freedom]

My sons math teacher in 7th grade,gave him A+ on all his homework .While looking at his A+ work and feeling proud,I found that every problem was incorrect.When the teacher was confronted , she said IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE WRONG,ITS MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE WORK WAS DONE... Teachers Union Logic

How sad, that this guy/gal is teaching. When I taught math, I spent many late nights grading my classes homework. I had full classes but I believe if you assign it you should read it. In math it does not matter that you tried, there is no substitute for understanding what is going on and why the answer is right or wrong. (And I did allow equivalent answers, unless the student was instructed to provide the answer in one form or another, .01 = 1/100 = 10/1000) Consider getting you son a tutor, he will not learn anything in this class, and this is a critical age for understanding math. Of course you can't do anything about the teacher, thanks to the union.