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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education. (media.piefed.world)

submitted 3 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Grades have always been meaningless.

That could not be further from the truth.

What is meaningless is to reduce grades so much that it's impossible to recieve a failing trade.

I had excellent grades in math and less than ideal in chemistry. So I spent less time studying math and more time studying chemistry. And what do you know... my grade in chemistry suddenly and completely unexpectedly became higher. While my grade in math was still holding steady.

It's a real mystery how I figured out that I should spend more time studying chemistry.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad the school system didn't fail you.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

I do realise that not everyone had a good experience with their school system. But to blame the concept of grades on that is silly.