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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Friday, 11 May 2012

                                                      possible year around schooling 

   Hi my name is Rajan Hayer and today I will be talking to you about the university of Toronto dropping letter grades and my opinion on this topic. the universities should drop the letter grading system because it adds a lot more unnecessary stress in a way of after finishing a final or a regular test the worst parts are the moments before the test and waiting for the results of your test and let's say that you have 2 tests in 1 day then you could be stuck thinking about the test you took earlier and not being able to focused on the test you are taking now! I think the ivy league schools have a good grading system of High Honours, Honours, Pass, Low Pass, and Fail. I think that is a very  good system because some students just want to hear that they passes and if they did good, bad or decent.

1 solution they could use to fix this problem is to just give good or bad and in some cases extra good 
so the student feels good if they get a good and there's no what did you get 82 ha-ha I beat you I got 83. That can really bring a kids self a steam down but now it will be what did you get I got a good same!
and it will be easier for teachers to mark and a lot faster so the teachers have more free time on their and they can plan the next day's lesson plan. It's a win win kids get to learn more and teachers get more free time on their hands! plus it also gives kids something to strive for they can try and get an extra good in the class. the teachers can use percentage if they want but not tell the students if that the way they like it.

So dropping letter grades does :A gives teachers more free time. B gives some kids more self e steam and they get to learn more. C the teachers don't have to change their routines they just don't tell their kids their percentage. it's a win win situation. and that is why I think the B.C government should drop letter grades and go with good or bad and possibly extra good!

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

All year schooling maybe in your future...

 There are people in B.C who think that year round schooling is a good idea.Year round schooling is when there is no summer break,which to me is a horrible terrible idea.There is one school in British Columbia that already does it.Spul'u'kwuk elementary does year round schooling with their older students (grades 9-12)but are still deciding if their younger students will do this too.

I think this is a bad idea because the teachers would have more sick days which would cost the government allot of money,600 hundred dollars per teacher accordingly to thetyee.ca. Also what if kids need summer school? Do they just repeat the grade/subject again or would other arrangements be necessary.There are reasons why this might be a good idea like students wouldn't forget what they leaned the last year and would be more prepared for the upcoming year.Also the school could have more little breaks like more two weeks breaks,That way it would be more even than just a two month break.I think the main reason that teachers would like this is because there would be more jobs available for teachers.

In conclusion i would keep my summer break because i'm used to it this way.I like have a long break it makes me feel more relaxed and i can go somewhere for longer example Hawaii.I don't think this will happen in all school districts but at least a few will.







Tuesday, 8 May 2012