I agree with this, I think we should give them Negative scores, if you get a Zero you get a -5 for being a dumbass!
/sarc
“Mister Blutarsky: ZERO-POINT-ZERO!”
I thought this was satire. No kidding. We are taking stupid to new depths.
25 years ago the HS principal tried to ban grades of 0. The idea was that a 50 is still failing, but can be recovered from. If after your first 0 you earn a 100, you still have a failing 50. The assumption was the student will be demoralized and defeated.
The plan was blocked by parents, teachers and student who think one should get what he earns, a disincentive to getting a 0 in the first place.
We can get very pathetic. About a decade ago, they banned using red pens to grade students’ work because it made students feel bad to see red on their papers. No joke.
I found that when child got a few zeros for failing to turn in homework assignments on time, and then I showed him how badly those hurt his grade average, he finally got the idea.
They banned 0bama?
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
I think it slipped by GOPUSA that they were talking about Montgomery County, MD, not Montgomery County, VA. But I’m sure most all our FReepers already perceived that distinction.