[etni] pressure of parents and administration concerning log grades

From: עליזה לבנון <levad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Etni <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:37:30 +0300

Hi Etniers.
It  has been mentioned rather often lately that teachers who prefer the exam
to the log do so mainly because they are afraid of pressure that might be
put on them from parents, students and the administration. I would like to
comment that with the requirements of the log and the scrupulous calculation
of every single assignment that is being graded I don't understand how such
pressure is at all possible. All you need to say is that there is no such a
thing as getting something for nothing. Once you show whoever it is that
puts pressure on you all the grades the student got and the way you
calculated his final grade, how could they possibly ask for a change of
grade? The system of nocking grades up started from the way parents and
students have always been used to bargain about the magen marks (tsyun
shnati) here there was a vast scope for bargain and pressure because the
teachers were supposed to "shield" the student and help him get a better
grade than he has been likely to get in the exam. A teacher who gave his
student a lower magen grade has always been considered as harsh and unfair.
Therefore I think that giving a magen is far more problematic in terms of
expected pressure than giving the bagrut grade where all the information is
straight and above board. Needless to say that I have been doing the log for
two years now and there has been absolutely NO pressure from anyone to nock
up grades (least of all from the students who all got charts with the
precise calculation of their grades.)Food for thought!

Aliza Levanon



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[etni] pressure of parents and administration concerning log grades

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