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[scottc]

Recently a school district in Florida proposed a plan that would give students in their elementary schools a score of 40 on grades that would have normally been given a grade of zero. This is to keep the kids from getting discouraged and giving up. What do you think of this plan? I personally hate it because it just adds to the lack of personal responsibility that has become rampant in our society.

[gigawatts]

Absolutely, it also lends to the thought that it isn't required that you succeed anymore.  Now-a-days, it seems that students are taught, that you're not supposed to be better, or make yourself better than anyone else, cause everyone's supposed to be the same.

I grew up knowing... there's a winner, and there's a loser, not everyone wins, and that's how it should be.