Grades

Grades have had an important impact in schools. Anything students do are graded. The purpose of grades is so teachers can see that the students pay attention to what they are teaching in class. Another purpose is so the students have something to strive for. They have grades so the students try in school. If there weren't grades then students wouldn't do their homework, they wouldn't pay attention in class, and they wouldn't study or try on tests. Grades are there to keep students in line and make sure they pay attention, and learn as much as they can from the teacher. I think that the traditional grading system is that they use a 100 point scale, because they can split it up into letter grades. I think that they use letters so students can have the grade be represented by something. I don't think that the grading system accurately represents our learning and knowledge. For example, you can be an A-student in homework and class work; however, when you have to present something in the front of the class and you get a D. It doesn't show that you knew the topic or not. I think that we should combine both the standard-based grading and the traditional based grading. Then we can get the "best of both worlds." Grades have been important in schools since the beginning.