CHEATING SCANDAL

[Hidden Character]

I remember when I first started school a 73 was a D, anything lower was an F.

Now 68 is a D, anything lower is an F.

What a brilliant way to increase education, just make it easier to pass. Which is exactly what American education has been for the last half century.

At the rate we're going a kid could fall into a coma at age 12 and still get his diploma at 17.

Down here, it was--and still is in many schools--group by 10s (60-69= D, 70-79= C, etc.) and my high school actually shrunk the grading scale in 10th grade (63-72 = D, 73-82 = C, 83-92 = B, and 93-100 =A) in an effort to force students to step their academics up and strive for greater results instead of resting on the safety net of low A-C grades. Still, we were relieved to come across some teachers that still used the college grading scale at the time, but I do see the administration's reasoning now as an adult and that's part of the reason why Nova High received a grade of A for every year but one (I think '03 or '04) from FCAT and the State DOE. What's even more impressive is how the school went from predominantly Jewish to predominantly Black and still kept the same high markings and that's really due in large part to the faculty.