Re: motivate HS sophomore

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 09:30:17 EST, Bruce and Jeanne
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Also, a 3.2 GPA, while not stellar, really isn't bad.  My parents were
>tough on me and it did absolutely nothing to raise my GPA, it just made
>me feel stupid and worthless.  My mother took one look at my PSAT score
>and remarked "Well, that won't win the National Merit Scholarship" (my
>brother actually got this), so I felt awful.  When I told my friend my
>score, with the comment "it's not very good", her eyes bulged out and
>she said "It's one of the highest scores in the school."

I was thinking the same thing.  In my high school, 3.2 would still get
you on the honor roll.  I could see a reason for concern if he had
been getting a 3.6 and it's slipping to 3.2, but if he's always been a
"B" student, I wouldn't start punishing him for that now.

Or has grade inflation really gotten that out of control?
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