Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
YES-- and by my first years of high school, I simply STOPPED going. About half the time I wasn't in a particular class at a particular time. I'm trying to think of a day during my sophomore year where I did not cut at least one class... and I can't. blush
My high school had a policy that cutting a single class would cause you to be docked a full letter grade. I was a goody two shoes but remember thinking this policy was draconian. Grades should primarily be about what you know and what work you have done. Schools have multiple missions, including baby sitting/warehousing and certification of compliance and conformity to future employers. I think it's a problem when high school grades reflect a mix of academic and behavioral criteria that someone looking at a transcript cannot disentangle. I think they should be rated separately.