No “F” Grade Left Behind…New School Grading System…

Apparently getting an F is not bad enough; we now have to determine what type of F the student gets.

The new type of grading policy being adopted by schools across the U.S. is having 50 percent be the “low” if a student fails, citing that if a student fails, it is often difficult to make up the grade later in the year. 

You are kidding right?! 

In addition to dumbing down the classes to make sure we leave no child behind, we now want to make sure the kids that are failing don’t feel like they are that far behind? 

Correct me if I am wrong, if you have a 50 percent F versus a 30 percent F, you still failed — right?! 

Hey, some people get to be astronauts; some people get to ask “for here or to go?”. Making them feel better about their F, or making it easier to come back to a D isn’t going to make the difference.

Real Estate Booming…Wait, Strike That…

I wish the media would get on the same page regarding the current real estate cycle. It appears there are two distinct sides right now. 

In the right corner, people who believe prices are as low as they can buy now and prepare to be the next Donald Trump as the ever-increasing values make them millionaires, practically overnight. 

In the left corner, people who believe we have not seen the bottom of a never-ending spiral back to the time when we left caves, hunted for grubs, and prepared for nightfall since we did not have electricity. 

It seems that both camps have divided and agreed on which days their views and opinions will be represented in the media. Values going up (odd days); values going down (even days).

The fact is that no one has a clue where we are going, but amazingly, many people still don’t know how we got to this point. I take it they didn’t read my earlier post, Economy Greed or Stupidity, or they are just in denial. 

In the end it will play out however it does, and hopefully, we have learned from it. We need to continue to make this country as self-sufficient (and educated) as we can; the rest will take care of itself. 

Prediction from The Slow Bleed? We won’t see a solid direction until six months after the election — The Obama vs. Hillary show is still the latest big thing to hit the media since the anniversary of Pop Rocks.