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To: greenspirit who wrote (16412)	1/11/1999 1:47:00 AM
From: jpmac	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Interesting. I don't know or know that I'd go for all out abolishment. I'm not sure that it's the grading so much as the.. sorry, I'm stumbling here. We need, I think, to distinquish those that excel in particular areas such as math, science, literature, whatever but by the grading, or down-grading, of students who are not adept in the areas taught in school but who have valuable skills at which they excel we often leave them with the feeling that their skills don't count, that they are stupid. I see a lot of that around here with kids who struggle in school but are wonderful carpenters, horsefolk, and such. But often they feel squashed and are looked at as failures. So a lot of blather there and no answer. <g>

To: greenspirit who wrote (16412)	1/11/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

MJ has been a grade-school teacher 22 years, and will try most anything for kids. She is a strict disciplinarian and motivator. Liked by the kids and the serious parents. No easy answers even for the best of efforts on this one, so far. (Grading.) You'd also have to have a society willing to put it's emphasis in broader areas of valuation and assessment. Which I'm all for.

To: greenspirit who wrote (16412)	1/11/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Michael, I was interested in the writers you list on your profile. Are they all fiction writers? The only name I am familiar with is Porter, but I suspect you don't mean Sidney Porter or Katherine Anne Porter?