|
The part of 'negotiating' the assignments mark is interesting. There was a lot of that at my boy's school and he was getting quite (rightly) peeved with his physic's teacher. I told him not to worry that eventually everything would level off. He got exactly the same marks between trials and HSC. Most of his 'inflated' mates tanked at the HSC, so it did backfire and went terribly wrong for the kids who were used to get extra marks by arguing their case. Maybe the teacher should have thought about it or was he just trying to please the parents. I don't know the whole story, just the result.
Having said that I don't envy the teachers who have to put up with problem kids who are backed up by even stupider parents and can't do anything because they have their hands tight because of PC or other BS. Don't touch the little angels. That's really unecessary added stress. That's how it starts. Back home the problem has spiraled out of control decades ago. High school teachers get routinely beaten up in the car parks, their car over turned and burned by both kids and families. It's all mainstream in the news now and the norm/expected. Nobody's shocked anymore. Even insurance policies got updated and won't cover you for it.
|