The Preuss School won't help you get good grades but it will help you get into college.

And isn't that what's important. If there were two things that I would pass down to my younger cousins who are now entering college it would be these:

1. Major in whatever you want, just make sure you like it.
2. Don't worry about the grades, in fact, boo on grades, LEARN something.

Oh and 3. Never, ever, ever take a class at 8 in the morning.

The Preuss School is the UCSD charter school recently in the news for being named one of the best high schools in America and then even more recently for possible grade tampering by teachers and administrators. The media was a rantin' and a ravin' about how sad and disappointing this whole thing was, you know, considering that they were supposed to be HELPING poor disadvantaged kids and not making a mockery of their transcripts. Voice of San Diego takes a moment to explore why this isn't as big a deal and everyone thinks it is, and why they've known all along that this is the way the school seems to work.

What the university's own research tells us is that the Preuss School's most important work -- and this is indeed important -- has been in helping its students take the necessary classes that leave them qualified to apply to a University of California or California State University campus. It also requires all them to apply to college, and helps them submit winning applications.What it doesn't appear to do is make students any more prepared for standardized tests, or help them get better grades.

So kids that might not normally head off to college are now heading off to college and kids that might normally explore high level classes are exploring high level classes and we're upset? You know, and this is not to make light of the situation (what me? make light?) but I don't really remember my teachers being so invested in MY grades that they would be willing to doctor the outcome. So way to be dedicated teachers of Preuss School... better then those public school crazies who think they should get the same kind of dedication and activities and field trips, IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.