The Grading Scale Essay: Should Students Be Threat?

Everyone who has been in school has been judged on a grading scale. It determines what jobs they get, what college they get into, what scholarships they receive, and in the long run, how their life turns out. Their entire lives are based on this system of As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Fs. This is one of the most unfair ways students could be treated. The grading scale does not accurately represent how smart they are or what their full potential is; it shows colleges how many topics they crammed before a test or how many extra credit projects they did. We, as a society, should break tradition and stop using the grading scale to judge students on how they learn because it harms the students to judge them based on this pointless grading system.
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When one test matters so much to students’ success, there is often no other option to students than to cheat on the test, especially if they do not know the material. Students would not be able to compare themselves to other students without grades, and without that harsh comparison, they would never need to cheat. Cheating can become a big problem if a student is worried about what kind of grade they get. It is so crucial to students to pass a test, especially when their grade is low, that there is no alternative to cheating, especially if they were not taught the …show more content…
Many teachers will take off points if students do not put their names on their paper or do not turn it in at the beginning of class, which is not a fair grade since that does not say anything about the students’ intelligence. Teachers who grade like this tend to get complaints from parents because their student may be very smart at home, but does not behave in class, so it reflects on their grades. any students just don’t care about school, so they probably will not put forth their best effort in school because grades do not scare