Eighth grade

want to get good grades and get paid for it? 2. There are kids that actually get paid for good grades while others don’t. These kids get paid for getting good grades because it helps to motivate them to get those grades. 3. Getting paid for good grades is like a goal for the children who have the opportunity. They may not have gotten good grades before, but this could be motivation for them to get good grades. To begin with, there are a few schools with most kids getting good grades because…

Thanks Yeni for the question and a pretty interesting one at that. So when looking at my GPA, I never looked at myself as the smartest kid or the least educated. Throughout school I mainly got A-C's occasionally honor roll, but never anything more. That was until fall 2017 of college when I finally got Straight A's for the first time. All though I never thought about how someones GPA could affect how they work, until now. When I look at my GPA I see that I did try my hardest and tried to…

Learning Comprehension In the book, “What the Best College Students Do”, Ken Bain claims that good grades do not indicate that people are comprehending the material being taught. Bain’s claim on classroom comprehension is presented when he argues, “someone could get an A and still not understand motion...good grades don't necessarily mean you really comprehend anything”(9). In the society we live in grade point averages are the determinant of triumph in our educational careers. Our achievement…

admission. The scaled grading system gives an opportunity for college recruiters to pick good students. Had there been pass/fail based evaluation, it would be difficult for colleges to pick good applicants. However, my intention is not to say that scaled grade is only the factor to get acceptance in colleges.…

It has come to my attention that my daughter, Samantha Altidor had a meeting with Dr. Banks earlier this week to confirm her to graduate early as you had informed her to do. However I do not understand why Dr. Banks had told her that she needed a 3.6 GPA to qualify to graduate early, when in the 2017-2018 Inlet Grove Handbook states that she only needs a 3.2. Which she has. I do not think it was right that Dr. Banks had informed her she needed a 3.6 GPA now. If it was already written down in…

Earning a grade that was not an A or B for the first time throughout my school years. During my first semester of junior year, my grades were flipped upside down. I was earning lower grades than usual, due to my horrible work habits at that time. Yet, that wasn’t the problem. The beginning of the school year, I was having a lot of personal issues going on and didn’t know how to handle it myself. Soon, I became frustrated and became even more depressed that I eventually gave up the fight. It was…

Sixth grade has been like a tornado coming my way, fast and full of changes. Furiously charging towards me making me notice that this year will be different. Since 5th grade I have had many things change this past school year. Going into 6th grade I have had confusing friendships, more responsibilities, and a lot more freedom. Friends come and go, especially over the 6th grade year. Friends go away, since sixth grade is the first year where two schools come together, you find out who your real…

competition rather than collaboration and results. Grading also promotes a culture of point accumulation, not learning. In this chapter, Ken O’Connor explains that in order to get grades that are accurate, meaningful, consistent, and supportive of learning, he outlines eight fundamental grading guidelines that will move traditional grades to standards-based. Teachers need to know and understand on how to use the grading system in order to be supportive of students and promote meaningful…

“Grades are given more leniently today than when I was in college.” Visit any major university today and you’re bound to hear a professor say something of the sort. Many professors claim that grade inflation has corrupted our colleges. Students are being rewarded highly for simply adequate work, they proclaim. The truth is grade inflation has never actually been proven; it is more of a theory than a fact. Ask for sources on the subject and you’ll find isolated studies that proudly report college…

In high school, honor and advance placement (AP) classes affect students’ grade point averages (GPA). For example a student might be taking honors English and receives a B as the final grade. In a regular English class a B is 3.0, but since the student is in an honors English class it would be a 4.0 B, as a result the student GPA would go up by one point. While in college there is…