43. As Far As Marks

As far as marks, you can either better yourself or become lower. Marks can be fair or unfair depending on how the student answers questions from the teacher and whether or not the teacher asks the questions a student can answer.

Harry A. Kagan

(The Students Choice)

The passing mark should be "50" and not "65." Personaly I don't care but I worry about my "parents".

Chas. H. Robbins

1. On the pro side marks are good to the teacher. In showing how much the pupil listens to her.

2. On the con side marks are bad to the pupil. If he doesn't do so good on a test.

Teenager

Due to marks you can't not cheat.

Constant Cheater

Teachers too stingy with the marks and unfair

276

in dishing them out. Questions are too prejudice and tests are too hard.

Edward Williams, Esq.

Do away with them, after all we can get along in our social life without marks.

Linda Rosen

Marks are important because for colleges or jobs they want your average and the average for the subject is made up of marks and the average for the term is made up of the average of the different subjects and the average for all terms is what they want.

Crammer

E.W. was copying from F.A. in French, also L.M. and L.R. And others!

Guess Who

Sometimes I do my homework and the teacher doesn't even mark it or I recite in class and it doesn't count, it's a waste of my time. Like when I studied the wrong thing.

A True Pupil

Why can't they scatter exams insted of making us study severall subjects the same night, it makes no sence?

Failing

I don't think talking out or horsing around

277

should be avaraged in with the marks. A teacher may hate you, after all he's human, Ha-ha! and he might give you a zero in conduct. One zero for talking can pull down the whole average! But it doesn't matter anyhow, everybody gets promoted. Sooner or later!

Lou Martin

I wrote the same identical book report for two different English teachers I had last term. One gave me 91 and the other 72 on the same identical paper. Go figure it out!

I think class discussion should be counted and not tests because you can say what you really think and not what they want you to say.

Carole Blanca

Marks encourage us to cheat though I personally don't.

Honest Abe

You either pass or fail, no two ways about it.

Zero

Best marks go to cheaters and memorizers. Marks depend on memorizing and not on real knowledge. When you cram into your head for a test

278

you may get a high mark but forget it the next day. That's not an education. I suggest just Good and Bad at the end of the term on report cards. Or maybe nothing.

Frank Allen

The reason my marks are low is because teachers call on me the one time I'm unprepaired and never all the times I am.

Disgusted

Exams show more the paper and not the individual.

Teachers give tests for spite and to get even. Or just to keep the class quiet. (This is the last time I'm writting to answer you!)

Marks should be based on class work and not on tests when the nerves take over. When talking in class (English) and the teacher listens to me I feel more courage to say it.

Jose Rodriguez

279

I use only 10% or less of what I study. It's a waist.

Dropout

Cheat is Teach backwards! ! !

Doodlebug

TO: all teachers

FROM: James J. McHabe, Adm. Asst.

PLEASE PLOT AND HAND IN THE MEDIAN PERCENTILE CURVE BASED ON THE MIDTERM MARKS IN EACH OF YOUR CLASSES. IF A CLASS CURVE FALLS BELOW THE PERCENTILE OF FAILURES ALLOTTED TO IT, THE EFFICACY OF THE TEACHER MUST BE QUESTIONED. TEACHERS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PASSING STUDENTS ARE TO BE COMMENDED.

JJ McH

280