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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

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Participation as a Grade: Worth It? Yes.

By Raqshan Khan Sep 21, 2015

My hand shoots up in class. I know the answer. I have been paying attention and understand the topic. Instead of doodling on the corner of my paper, I have been listening to my teacher talk about the difference...

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Participation as a Grade: Worth It? No.

By Dani Egan Sep 21, 2015

Participation is, at worst, a system begging teachers to grade-bump their favorites, and, at best, grading students on their social skills, rather than what content they actually learned. Furthermore,...

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