Edmonton teacher suspended for giving 0s

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38. Well I guess I'll be the shit-stirrer...

I can't defend the school's policy because it's not explained well enough for me to quite understand how it works, but I would like to make a few points.

1. Almost all the information in this article seems to come from the teacher himself. The school says there's more to the story than the teacher says.
2. Teachers have to follow the policies set by their school. Although I'm still not clear on what the policy actually is, it seems obvious the teacher himself believes he deliberately violated it and would do so again.
3. The whole "kids today are so coddled thanks to the Mr. Rogers crowd" trope is a right-wing favorite and I tend to be skeptical of it.
4. We've become so used to the idea that grades and marks are nothing more than rewards to get students to do what they're told, that the notion that grades might actually be used instead to measure learning and guide instruction seems downright radical.
5. I know people firsthand who went through the school system in the days before the term ADHD even existed - very bright people who wanted to do well in school but simply couldn't manage it. Continually shaming these people with bad marks and frowny faces did not one thing to help them.