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Originally Posted by Iridal
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The only thing I've learned from my mistakes is that I don't seem to learn from my mistakes!
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Our system says you have to have a B (10 out of 20) to pass a course.
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In the US, it's 65% out of 100%. But I'd like to see it be 80% out of 100% before a student can move on to the next level, or consider a subject learned and passed.
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The problem is that universities in Belgium get money for the number of people that pass each year, and not for the number of students that attend that university. You can see how that affects that quality of our educational system 
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That is the same problem that affects primary and middle schools in the US. And the results are that students find themselves advancing without the proper foundations to properly learn the next level of material.
As a teacher myself, I believe it is up to us to insure that students learn. It is our responsibility to see to it that students understand completely. It's one of the reasons I left the US academic arena. In my classes, students had to score 80% or better to pass a test. If they didn't, they could re-take the test, but had to score 100% on the retest to pass. They already knew the questions and answers. All they had to do was study them. How hard is that?
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I'm not looking forward to a 40 minute walk in high heels ...
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Yeah... I hate that too....
East India Company's Assam tea... just right for a Friday afternoon!
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