Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for March 20, 2014

Love the look on Biscuit’s face

Considering her average now, it’s probably genius territory for Holly…

Wait, first she just had to finish homework, now she has to get a B average?

@Holly

Always keep a spare backup…

I can’t explain it, but I seldom turned in my homework, either. I’d do it, and could answer the questions in class, but the homework never got to school. Don’t ask your kids “why”, coz there is NO answer.

C is consider average grade B above average grade.

My son did the same thing a battle with him and I find his school work and when at school showed him after all classes ended why he did not submit his class work. He had no desire for school. 10-years-later he wants a job and cannot get one. Means no ambition. I’m a sad parent. His sister just the opposite. younger by 3 years. Did school work and turned in one teacher misplaced her school work She went to college to learn work skill and still no job.

Not happening Val.

My dad (an ex-teacher) did not agree with yours.His point was, if you were really trying and could only get a C, then it was OK. It was not OK, if you were capable of getting a B or an A in a subject, and then came home with a C report card.

I have taught middle school and high school English for over 30 years. Not turning in work, even completed work, is the most common cause of low grades. Even one of ny daughters had that problem. Even in my class. A B average is fine. For lots of reasons.

Do all of your homework, Holly, plus get a decent grade on your next test, and then, MAYBE, you can have your phone back.

Except in Texas, which did away with Ds in the 80s, D IS passing. It is a myth that it isnt, probably because families often consider it unacceptable from their kids—-and may ask that it not be honored as passing but it means below average and it is passing. Even colleges give credit—-passing—-for a D, but may require a C AVERAGE to confer a degree. C means average, B is above average, and A is excellent.