[id/ a post by @/twitblr which is a screenshot of a tweet by Tracy Edwards, Ed.D. (@/tracyrenee70):
My parents seem genuinely shocked at my class policies. Yes, your 5th grader may redo any test or quiz. No, I don't care how many times they choose to retake it. Yes, they can turn in that assignment late. I'm a whole adult that requires grace & mercy. I can extend that to kids.
Below is the contents of the post by @/twitblr:
These policies can help to improve the mental health of students
Below is a reblog by @/sommhelp:
If the point is for children to learn, then why wouldn't you give them as many chances as it takes? What is the benefit of telling a child "you failed and that's the end of it"?
Below is a reblog by @/cyborg-alchemist:
I'm 25, and in my trade school, our tests aren't judgement,, they're testing to see what we've retained, and identity what we're missing.
If I weld a joint, and the CWI comes up behind me with a radiographic test for it and finds that I just laid hot metal on cold metal or it looks like a sponge inside, you know what's gonna happen? You think they're gonna give me a low score and tell me to move on? F[uck] no. They're gonna hand me a grinder and tell me to take it out and put it in right.
When there's actual work to be done, we don't leave it at the first attempt if that attempt was shit. We don't leave a trail of "what's done is done." If it takes you four attempts, that's what it takes, and the next time it'll take fewer because you learned how to do it right after the third time.
School, as it's set up, with unforgiving deadlines and single attempt high stakes tests are building a shitty work ethic. It says "I tried once, and that's all you're getting." It sets you up to leave a trail of cut losses and barely or unfinished projects as you scramble to get something, anything (italicized for emphasis), turned in before the deadline.
And we wonder now why nothing works at launch.