An A today is not the same A from thirty years ago.
A parent asked me last week why her son has a C in my class when he has an A in another one. The C isn’t mysterious. He doesn’t turn in work. He doesn’t study. He does other things during class.
But what she really wanted to know was why he couldn’t get an A here, too.
The honest answer is this: the floor has quietly dropped over the years. We kept the same letters on the report card, but what they actually mean has changed.
In my classroom, an A still means a student can do the work the grade says they can do. They showed up ready. They practiced. They retained the language. It’s earned.
I still protect that kind of A, even when it makes conversations harder.
After thirty years at this door, I owe them that much.
Full blog post here:
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What has an A meant in your experience?
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