I reflected on this myth, and continually thought about my childhood and how it has shaped me to who I am now. Currently in my third semester of graduate school, I am finally comfortable with not receiving a grade for every assignment, midterm, and final. I cannot speak from the perspective of a teacher, because I have never been one; but as a student I grew accustomed to receiving a grade on everything I turned in. My mindset for the longest time revolved around accumulating points, and not necessarily mastering a topic. Sackstein writes under myth two, "The learning is what is essential, NOT the grade." If the learning is essential, and the grade is not, how do we go about correctly portraying student's learning? In myth three Sackstein
