As someone close to a high school student, I’m actually surprised how much “make up” is allowed. All missed assignments can be done any time during a semester for no penalty. Two exams can be retaken for a max grade of 80.
When I was in high school there were no retakes at all.
I don't know where these ZERO mistakes-type of mentality is coming from.
I think this is because of hyper competitive college prep where everyone wants to get straight As.
Now, getting an A isn’t so hard but a C is seen as a terrible, because most students are getting As.
Lots of schools have policies like yours but they’re not removing the pressure, they’re just shifting what’s “acceptable”. Sometimes they actually make it worse because now near-perfect scores are the norm, and if you mess up there’s no way to do extra somewhere else to bring you back to average.
The system is still the same - every day you miss the assignment is one fewer grade, except for some, where you automatically get zero. You cannot retake an exam without cause.
It's just selection bias.
never seen teaches let exams be retaken