Grades shouldn’t be a thing. A test is meant to show your knowledge of the subject to your teacher. However, the students often study for hours and days in advance, but still receive poor grades. I think that grades should be only for assignments and that tests should be for completion. Afterwards, the teacher posts which ones you got wrong and you can go back and check your work. You see exactly what the mistake was and learn from it.
Grades also shouldn’t be the center of school; even if it might not seem like they are. They are the center because they’re what most people in school worry about and it is the one thing that can make or break your day. What most of us worry about in school are the percentages we see on BlackBaud. The leading up to whether your grade will go down or up after a test or major assignment causes major stress . There shouldn’t be a letter representing our knowledge.
There are so many other aspects to learning, like participating, being able to advocate for yourself, and asking questions. But why don’t we feel like they are being added into the grade? I think that if we could change the grading system, testing wouldn’t count towards the main grade percentage. It would just be a score on a piece of paper, so you can see your mistakes and learn from it.
There are so many bright students that aren’t rewarded for their participation and engagement in the activities in class. Students’ participation and active involvement in class should determine their grade.
