After reading all of the comments on the "Grade Inflation" thread, it makes me wonder what is the true determining factor for success: Is it grades or grit? It certainly sounds like MANY students are getting the grades, but do they have the grit to succeed? Do the kids who are products of helicopter parents, everyone-gets-a-trophy sports leagues, super-star student awards, over-diagnosed/over-medicated ADHD and Anxiety and dumb-downed curriculum prepared for the "real world"? When the going gets tough, do they have the life skills to persevere?
DH and I are older parents. Our kids have had a combination of small Christian/private education, homeschool, public school and military college prep. I've seen it all: parents who hold their sons back a grade so they are bigger to compete in sports; parents who could give 2 cents if their kids learns anything (as long as someone else was in charge 8 hours a day); parents who do their kids work to make sure they are #1 in the class; parents who get their kids a "profile" so they get extra time to take tests. How does any of this prepare a child for adulthood? We all have to face adversity at some point in our lives.
I do hope that my husband and I have done a good job preparing out kids for the next step.
DH and I are older parents. Our kids have had a combination of small Christian/private education, homeschool, public school and military college prep. I've seen it all: parents who hold their sons back a grade so they are bigger to compete in sports; parents who could give 2 cents if their kids learns anything (as long as someone else was in charge 8 hours a day); parents who do their kids work to make sure they are #1 in the class; parents who get their kids a "profile" so they get extra time to take tests. How does any of this prepare a child for adulthood? We all have to face adversity at some point in our lives.
I do hope that my husband and I have done a good job preparing out kids for the next step.