This seems like a problem
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The teacher can pass or fail you
You could do all the work or none of it and it is up to them to say "pass" or "fail" by giving you a grade
After a test you could "round" the grades. Like if it was a very hard test and the highest grade was a 60%. You could round everyone's test up by 40%.
If you made a 0%, now you have a 40%. Everyone passes!
(Don't think this is too common, but plausible)
Teachers are "encouraged" to not fail any student by a lot of pressures.
You have to go above any beyond to fail high school. Trying hard and getting bad grades will generally get you enough to pass. Teachers will "work" with you.
So the kids own teachers mark their exams and can just arbitrarily round up tests so that no one fails after the kids have already taken the exam?
Sorry it is called Curve Grading.
Curve Grading
Many ways to do it. But that example where the best student scored a 60%. Everyone would get +40%. That's a Standard Curve method.
Personally, they didn't curve a lot of grades when I was in high school. It was more a college thing. A hard test that pushes the limit of your knowledge without being unfair.
But yes a grade can change afterwards for whatever reason the teacher wants. They could just throw on 10% if they felt generous. Definitely apparent when it's like a writing assignment without clear right or whole answers like math.