May a proud parent brag up his 9th grader for a minute?

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February 07, 2018, 07:33 PM

Ronin1069

May a proud parent brag up his 9th grader for a minute?

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But I must confess that at my age this business of GPAs that exceed 4.0 continues to baffle me. As in my day that was as high as you could get. Oh well..... new math maybe? LOL

The way it was explained to me, was that the level of classes that some kids take are so far beyond their grade levels, that they are weighted more than just a 4.0 if the students can show "A" level performance.

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February 08, 2018, 01:33 AM

Rey HRH

It's grade inflation. No knock against your kid. They have to bump him up to 4.2 for all the other ones getting 3.8 for drawing a stick figure.

Congratulations are in order though. Makes all that work-related grief worth it raising a fine young man.

Might as well start writing to your senator? They get like 2 appointments a year to the military acadamies, right?

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February 08, 2018, 08:14 AM

rsbolo

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
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But I must confess that at my age this business of GPAs that exceed 4.0 continues to baffle me. As in my day that was as high as you could get. Oh well..... new math maybe? LOL

The way it was explained to me, was that the level of classes that some kids take are so far beyond their grade levels, that they are weighted more than just a 4.0 if the students can show "A" level performance.

This is true. "Honors" classes are typically graded on a 4.5 scale whereas AP classes are graded on a 5.0 scale. Today's high school students can feasibly have GPAs over 4.5. Many valedictorians in our area (central Florida) graduate with 4.6+ GPAs