Grades and Learning are Both Importantby Dr. Sylvia RimmQ. My 15-year-old son is currently entering 10th grade and is in the honors program. In ninth grade he didn't earn good grades, although his teachers thought he was learning the material and was an asset to the class. I do think he's learning more in the honors program than he would in the regular classes. The cause for his poor grades is primarily organizational. This past summer, he repeated a class in a non-honors format, received an A and finished the course work two weeks early. I ... ( Back to Article )
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