Re: Retakes - Rich

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> Retakes were not policy - I had read about the idea here and
> thought 'why not? the point is to get the kids to master the
> material - so why not reward their hard work?'. Other teachers
> tried to warn me, but I went ahead with it anyway.
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No doubt I was one of the teachers who tried to warn you. I
remember being severely attacked as a bad teacher who didn't care
about students when I discussed it here. I don't remember
everybody who did or didn't attack me but I recall a couple of
regular math teachers here did. And nobody supported me when I
said it was unfair to force me to give unlimited retests without
any conditions imposed for the students. I am glad that somebody
tried it and discovered exactly what I experienced with it. Thank
you for posting your experience, it was really nice to get some
sort of vindication.

It feels kind of like what I imagine it would feel like if I ever
get to meet God and have him tell an old accuser that I had never
stolen from them and then have him reveal who really did it. I'd
still like to know who stole the item that I got blamed for. Only
thing I know is that it wasn't me. If there is a God and justice
in the hereafter, then I'm gonna be like, "Hah! In your face!" And
I hope they and my accuser get something akin to a holy spanking
from the big man himself or maybe from the morning star down below

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