I read the article "What if We Didn't Have Grades?" by Karl Fisch. It asked the question; What is your worst fear about what could happen if we did away with grades? It was based towards teachers but I thought it was a good question.
I know I've always wanted to not have grades. It's like every students dream. no grades means I don't have to do homework or come prepared to class. I mean why do homework if I'm not going to get a grade? Why sit around studying when I'm not going to get graded on my hard work and effort? Without grades there's really no incentive to learn. Grades are who we are, good grades put the nerd in nerd. I think that people get judged by there grades.If schools got rid of grades how would collages know that there excepting someone who is smart and will try to learn?
In class we recently read an article about kids who will walk miles just to go to an airport were they can have light to study. Some students here in America don't do there school work even when they have light to see. Students don't realize how fortunate we are and I think that's why we cant take away grades.
This is important because sometimes I need to have that little push to do my homework, that might sound lame but I feel that without grades most students wouldn't be doing school work. I know I probably wouldn't. grades are what keep me going, grades are what give me incentive to learn would you be a good student if you didn't have grades?
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I think that it's important to have grades, of course no one wants them but without them your right no one would do homework. I dont think I know anyone that if they didnt have to would go to school just to learn, I know I wouldnt. Most of the kids in this school wont do homework a lot of times if it isnt graded high just because 20 minutes of studying for the test will keep them at a C or a B. We have so much freedom and our future is almost certain because of the government we have and all the things we have in the U.S. so we arn't that concerned about our schoolwork or anything until we reach our junior and senior years because as long as we pass until then we have it pritty much set.
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