While class participation grades intend to raise incentive, they often promote conversations that aren’t constructive. Participation may not be the most accurate reflection of a student’s ability to absorb and comprehend material. Remarks made by students can be perceived as not meant to further the discussion, but simply to meetContinue Reading
The Student Information System, otherwise referred to as SIS, is now up and running across Fairfax County. Unfortunately, these accounts promote drastic levels of parental involvement and leads to the encouragement of helicopter parents. A helicopter parent is defined as being a parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interestContinue Reading
Foreign language courses are key to graduating high school with either an advanced or IB diploma, and can be useful later in life. To many, this may seem like an inconvenience, especially if they do not speak the language. But the challenge is exacerbated when the curriculum has obvious flaws.Continue Reading
It’s safe to say that school can cause stress. Depending on the rigor of classes and amount of extracurriculars, stress can flux either high or low along the spectrum. Tales of all-nighters and papers written in a haze of caffeine float down the halls, but there is a danger forContinue Reading
Remediation is that word that pops into so many of our minds when we know we need to do better in a class or we have just failed a test. But depending on which class you are concerned about, your experience with remediation can vary greatly. Marshall has no overarchingContinue Reading
Private Twitter accounts are deeply confusing. The non-public, secure accounts make sense, as schools and communities across the country put an emphasis on “stranger danger”-style internet security. But “private Twitters” in the colloquial sense of the phrase are strange and seem mostly pointless. This phenomenon is hardly new. Individuals makeContinue Reading
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