First Semester Grades Are In

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First Semester Grades Are In
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Mon, 02-11-2008 - 6:34pm

Well my dd got her final grades for her first semester courses.

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Registered: 02-14-2007
Mon, 02-11-2008 - 6:46pm

Congrats on your DD's good grades! That's really an accomplishments, given how many hours she devotes to her dancing.


I'm wondering why her friends told her what that other girl said! I think they could have left out the "brutally ugly" quote. What are kids thinking?!


EJ


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Registered: 07-19-2003
Mon, 02-11-2008 - 7:06pm
Yeah, I know the girls could have just left it out but what would teenage girls be without SOME drama in their lives?
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Registered: 09-29-2004
Mon, 02-11-2008 - 8:50pm

Just some friendly advice....

Be careful what she selects for grade 12. I take it she is not planning to take science or business in university. So, she should not take science & math courses unless she is confident she can get very high marks. They can unnecessarily pull her average down.

I would suggest she not take any science courses and that she concentrate of getting high marks in her other courses. Her dance and religion could be her "pull up average" courses. The universities care onlyabout marks in our country. They take the required courses and fill up the required 6 grade 12 with the highest remaining pre-university/ college courses. The kid applying for arts does not get any brownie points for taking grade 11 or grade 12 science courses. And a difference of 5% in the average can mean a difference of $4000 to $5000 in money.

So, be careful.

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Registered: 07-19-2003
Mon, 02-11-2008 - 10:13pm
Thanks for the advice, iteadrinker.
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Mon, 02-11-2008 - 11:37pm

I wish someone would have told Kelsie's Guidance Counselor some of this before planning her 12th grade courses. She is not strong in math or science and was so glad to know that she had all that was required for her regents diploma. Then the counselor told her that it looks better if you have a math or science as an elective in sr. yr. So he talked her into taking Astronomy and Oceanography. Bad move, she should have taken something totally unrelated like food prep or anything. Sure it looks good to have the science, but not when you get a 58 for the second marking period and pass with a 67 for the course. Needless to say, I told her it was fine to drop the Oceanography and take another course.


What the heck was he thinking to tell her that, knowing that she is weak in science? And she is planning to go to community college for 2 yrs and hopefully she will know what she wants to do after that. Yikes, what a mess that was!

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Mon, 02-11-2008 - 11:38pm


You are welcome. All you have to do is check the required courses for the programs she is interested in. I would also be careful about the "minimum averages" listed.

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Mon, 02-11-2008 - 11:50pm


Many of these Guidance Counselors are clueless. They have no idea. If a kid is not a math or science kid, it makes so sense to have the kid to take a grade 12 course!

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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 1:19am

I'll 2nd that - dd was going to drop her Honors English class this




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Registered: 06-25-2007
Tue, 02-12-2008 - 1:45am
but if you are a math and science kid i hate that your required English mark brings your average down. i have 97 in bio 30, 93 in math 30 , 93 in chem 30. i currently have a 69 in English 20 so unless English 30 does a 180 next semester it's going to bring it down significantly. i also have math 31 and physics 30 and Social 30 next semester to whatever my top 4 highest makes are; will be submitted. i just wish i didn't have to give the English mark
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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 7:01am

Well done, some good grades there...a B+ in Chem is great, imo...ad A's and A+'s!!!


As to the catty remarks...I tell my girls it's very simple...if someone

 

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