Met With Outrage
When the grades went back, children and parents were both angered. Tirado recalls one student standing up to her. “I had a child look right me in the eye and cross their arms and say, ‘Uh, you have to give me a 50. And I don’t have to do anything.'” Obviously, there was an issue with using the 50% minimum as a safety net to not do any work. Tirado was not pleased, but the parents raged on…