Totally agree. It IS short changing. I guess I was more pointing out that praising good effort, even if getting 100s is the norm, is still useful.
Sorry -- I was a bit snippy.
As I've been completely immersed in this subject -- really, REALLY focused for several weeks now -- my frustrations are becoming magnified, if not
slightly blown out of proportion. It's as though I have reached a level of clarity that is so sharp, so keen, that no other viewpoint could
possibly be correct.
I find myself particularly sensitive to anything that attempts (directly or otherwise) to give the schools a pass on what they are doing -- or not doing -- for our kids.
If my kid were the star quarterback, why... he'd have his own bus, his own cheer-leading squad, everything he needed. Heck, he'd even have a private tutor to help him keep up his grades... probably one of those gifties...
Again, my apologies.
