Ysleta High School - Otyokwa Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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Averaging takes time 64+59-I-7 The change from letter grades to number grades took a great affect on everyone. For teachers who taught classes like English, History, and Foreign Languages it was a lot simpler since it dealt with numbers. The faculty also had different reactions towards this change, some liked it others did not. Mrs. De Casas head of the language Department said it took more of her time to grade papers but that she felt the grade a student received was what they had earned. As for Mr. Milam it was a ff W., 89+ 2:38327 . disappointment to see the change from letter grade to number grades occur. l-Ie says It hurts a lot of students especially the students in resource. I-le stated that as it was last year resource students had a hard time passing their classes, now with the change their grades were lower. The change from quarter system to semester had both an advantage and disadvantage. The advantage was if a student failed one six weeks a student had two more six weeks to bring up their grade. The disadvantage was if a student 'ffl 'W 'Z 111 'll rl ve 4 g,,,.w '11:xiw',, - nv -.1-' v- kt .. ,,-P . ' .- ,-' .- ,-- ,tn 'Z , 1.--N ' R fir 'Fla 'iffL'T'. ' Y 'Ke fn. ' -1-ll 'fi 'KTTH X T' 'V . -x T.. K 7, ,F X R I ,MX it .vi fi 1. T. V Y, ,. .,.. . . T ' . iff T XX! 1 -A H ' . - --f . X , WN A- vii'--MX X ' . With the grading system changed it took the help of a calculator and much more time to average grades out. Xi- i ' Irma De La Rosa Gloria Delgado John Hogan failed, it took more time to make up a semester than it was to make up a quarter. The purpose for this change was for teachers to have enough time to teach more material than usual. Another obstacle was the ten day absentee policy. Students could no longer miss school more than ten days no matter what the situation was. If they did they would fail the semester and would have to make it up. K 'fu--..- ff Cedillo-Hogan 173