September, October, and January are now all "dry" months. Serious point... STOP IT. Drink or don't drink, it's YOUR choice. But learn moderation. If you need periodic months off, you're doing the rest of the year wrong.
Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows?
There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic