Chapter 11

Synthesis:
This chapter is about some of the questions that first time teachers might have about grading in the classroom. One of the main parts of this chapters talked about the concept of giving students 60's instead of giving them zeros. This is a topic that has sparked much debate in classroom as well as our class. It also seems somewhat contradictory because later in the book it says we shouldn't fudge grades. This is the same concept of giving a student a C+ instead of a B-.

Reflections:
This is a subject that has cause much debate and near violence in our classroom. All of the class has mixed feelings on this topic, I am usually open to new ideas, but this topic didn't make much sense to me at first. On one hand I agree with helping students out so they don't fall too far behind, but on the other I've never really agreed with giving someone something they didn't earn. This is a subject that each of us will have to decide for themselves. If it is considered practice I will probably go along with it. But I probably wouldn't do it on my own.