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that guy
Joined: 29 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:19 am Post subject: Ivy-League bound, by fair means or foul |
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Here's a little reading about foreign language high schools brought to us by the marginally ethical reporters of The Hankyoreh.
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/175976.html
How reliable this is I'm not sure, but we all know how grades are manipulated to "show off" schools or universities.
Here's a teaser:
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"Every high school transcript we forward to U.S. universities contains only A grades. This is most certainly unethical by U.S. standards."
So said one study-abroad academy employee, who paid a visit to Hankyoreh21 bearing a hefty folder. The documents he exhibited to us were those sent to U.S. universities by one foreign language high school in Korea. |
My favourite quote:
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| "School rules indeed put A grades at 80 percent and over," said one school employee. "This is not grade inflation. The kids in foreign language high schools are excellent to begin with, so what is the big deal?" |
And the money quote:
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| While investigating this phenomenon, parents made assertions to the Hankyoreh21 reporters such as these: "My child will heighten the national prestige if he gets into an Ivy League school, so can't a little accommodation be spared to them?" or, "The best students gather at Foreign language high schools, so we should give them the benefit of the doubt when grading them." |
Yes. Let's give them the benifit of the doubt.  |
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butlerian
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| Highly disturbing. Unfortunately, I'm confident the practice was even more widespread in earlier times in Western countries. |
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that guy
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| Unfortunately, I'm confident the practice was even more widespread in earlier times in Western countries. |
Really. You went to a high school that gave an A for 70%? |
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