Two weeks ago, I wrote down the grades of my students. Almost half, got what the school states as "Failed", 5.
That term, "Failed" never sat well with me as the apt description of what transpired over the past 10 weeks, an academic term for us. More so now that the framework we use is OBE.
A "5" is more like a "not yet".
Why?
I have seen enough, meaning statistically confident, to conclude that a student who got named as someone who failed can turn around and be the next revelation. If that is so, did he really fail or did it take longer than usual? Was the "failed" event really a failure or the means towards improvement?
Taken in another way, and this time using our vernacular - a "5" is hilaw pa. Hindi pa hinog.
"... why think like mere men?"
