Reprehensible conservatism in education

Whenever we received our report card from school back in my day, the last thing we cared about was the conduct grade of "excellence" we all received. We never knew anyone who received a grade of "decent." We could not understand why there were only two grades, but what we didn't know because it was so rare was that there was also a third one: "reprehensible."

What was the point of including an assessment of students' behavior on school certificates? It certainly did not serve any educational purpose. If a student was so naughty as to receive a grade of "good," then he or she probably had too little interest in the school or school certificates. If the student evolved into a mature adult, then too bad for him or her. That school document would forever remain misleading.

This anachronism was abolished by the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) administration in 2017....

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