http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/permanent-record/ Middle school teaching: Five shows a day, 180 days a year. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/permanent-record/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Ashley Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:00:46 +0000 http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/?p=1864#comment-739 We don't have many grade-grubbers in our district, which is why I've always felt comfortable offering obscene amounts of extra credit for extra book reports. I've never had anyone turn in extra reports until this year, when I had to cut one of my kids off because she had turned in 8 (the requirement is 3). After that, she tried sneaking them into the turn-in tray like I wouldn't realize that she had 134% (which nearly brought our computer grading program to its knees). We don’t have many grade-grubbers in our district, which is why I’ve always felt comfortable offering obscene amounts of extra credit for extra book reports. I’ve never had anyone turn in extra reports until this year, when I had to cut one of my kids off because she had turned in 8 (the requirement is 3). After that, she tried sneaking them into the turn-in tray like I wouldn’t realize that she had 134% (which nearly brought our computer grading program to its knees).

]]> http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/permanent-record/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Meg Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:19:34 +0000 http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/?p=1864#comment-736 Do you have any tips for dealing with grade-grubber students AND parents? I've got a whole class of them. So bad that I abolished extra credit entirely to stop the "I have 103% and you only have 101%" arguments. Do you have any tips for dealing with grade-grubber students AND parents? I’ve got a whole class of them. So bad that I abolished extra credit entirely to stop the “I have 103% and you only have 101%” arguments.

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