In 1975, I graduated with this being my HS's grading breakdown...
94 - 100 = A
87 - 93 = B
80 - 86 = C
75 - 79 = D
< 75 = F
And, during the four years I was in ('72-'75), our whole school system was on a split-schedule...
HS (9-12): Started at 0700 - Ended at 1212
JH (6-8): Started at 1145 - Ended at 1700
Elementary (1-5): Started at 0830 - Ended at 1500
Kindergarten: Started at 0830/1145 - Ended at 1212/1700
6 loads of bussing going on...1200+ kids in a building built to handle 600 between the hours of 1145-1212...that cross-over time was where you had two versions of study-hall going on...HS in the gym and JH in the cafeteria...5 days a week...
Nobody went "POSTAL" - classes were around 45 minutes each, class-change was 3 minutes, nobody was late...including breaks for restrooms and between classes waterings at the "bubblers" (water-fountains for you non-Wisconsinites)...
The reason?
8 years of "New School Referendums" being voted down...finally approved on the 9th try...during my Freshman year...my class was the last to graduate from the old School, the Junior Class became the first to "cross the stage" in '76 in the new HS...
How'd that prep my schoolmates and me?
We had to move fast, think fast, get it done faster and we didn't dwaddle around...
I think those four years really whipped us up to be better because if we didn't keep up, we literally got run over...
As for the grading? I KNOW I could have done alot better...but I still ended up in the upper 20% of the class...and out of a starting count of 138 in '72, we ended up with 128 in '75...the rest were either farming (family issues) or "family issues" - and two dead in car-wrecks...
None failed due to their grades...
NOW...
Today's kids?
Wet paper bag, side ripped open and the bottom's missing...and they're still trapped...
Anyone got some "Government Cheese?" for these needy ones?
