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After the end of marking period 1, the Wellness Wednesday slides showed what grades students need to earn in the second marking period to maintain or improve their semester grade. This “teaches them some of the wrong lessons that they shouldn’t be learning. What it does is it gives a lot more kids A’s, which means that we look like we’re doing a great job, but that doesn’t always pan out when kids go to college and have to do things on their own,” AP Seminar and Research teacher Michelle Hanson said.

Grade inflation: Is a 4.0 GPA still impressive?

Helen Manolis, features editor
November 16, 2024
Consumer Price Index readings translated into an inflation rate of 7.5% (6% for core inflation), a number not seen since 1982.

Inflation brings doom and gloom

Joaquin Moreno, staff writer
February 28, 2022
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