Christopher has all As except for a pesky 89 in English. He will be turning in a vocabulary project tomorrow that should garner him a 100. Hopefully, that grade and some other in-class work this past week and next will pull him up to an A.
He wants straight As so badly. The two low in-class timed assignment grades are haunting him.
I know he needs to get things done in a timely manner. But should grammar and punctuation be rushed? I can hear my journalism professor Dr. McCorkle yelling at me saying all good writers should so fully know the rules of grammar and punctuation they could complete assignments in record time. I understand that expectation of writers and journalists, but a sixth grader?
And, I guess he'll learn a lesson about focusing on the task at hand. Taking his "eye off the prize" during those timed lessons resulted in low grades.
Seriously, though. Shouldn't tests and quizzes be weighted more? Fully show the level of comprehension of the subject and concept?
I hope, I hope, I hope, he can get an A. I'm e-mailing the teacher tomorrow indicating my level of interest -- which is sincere -- and hoping she can let him to a bit of extra credit to boost the grade to an A. Doesn't the other work in the class show he is an A student and capable?
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