Times Log

Wednesday: I love how the word "crisis" appears in not one, but TWO headlines on the cover of today's Times. That definitely gives me a positive outlook on the nation. I liked the article about teacher's switching from As and Bs to 4s and 3s. While I've been graded on a number scale for certain projects throughout my educational career, letters have always shown up on my official report cards and transcripts, with the exception of my GPA. While this new number scale allows the teachers to evaluate a variety of skills, I agree with parents that say it's confusing and unnecessary. Seeing as how letter grades have sufficed just fine up until now, I really don't see any point in switching to a more complicated number system.