Grade retention

talked about for many years is whether or not letter grades are failing students. Some people believe that letter grades are good for students while others believe they are hurting students. Some may believe grades are a good way to keep students motivated to do well, while others believe letter grades are misleading to one’s success. In her article, Are Letter Grades Failing students published by Neatoday.org, Cindy Long, argues that letter grades are failing students because they do not want…

People love getting paid for everything: tutoring, housework, grades? Several schools across the United States are beginning to pay students for good grades. Students are taught from this that grades are very important to their lives. Test scores also rise up and students become more confident in themselves. This is a great idea for students and teachers to be awarded and motivated for their hard work. A nonprofit organization called Virginia Advanced Studies Strategies supported this…

I was doing all my work and completing what I needed to receive a good grade. This was a result of me trying to keep up with my goals for the upcoming advisory too. I had left on with a B- last advisory and now that has dropped significantly. I am completely disappointed with my grade because these are not the grades I receive on a regular basis in school. My current grade in your class is a D+ due to missing and low grades on your assignments. I was missing work in your class due to being out…

My GPA is not a valid indicator of the amount of work that I have put in through each semester. In my first year of taking business classes, I had been pledging for a business fraternity for 10 weeks and the workload was equivalent to an internship which hindered my time in focusing directly on school. My second year of college, I had taken up the responsibility of paying for my own living expenses, including rent and meals. To pay for that, I began working as an intern at an accounting firm. As…

Grade Inflation: In Alfie Kohn’s article, “The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation,” Kohn analyzes the complaints of student’s grades rising over the years. During his analysis Kohn looked for data that demonstrated reasons why grades were thought to have been inflated versus the students motivation behind achieving higher grades. Kohn also explains that it is difficult to determine the reasoning behind grade inflation claims. These claims may be false depending on the time period in which the…

anything that everyone else understands. My freshman year in high school didn 't go so well then I thought it was going to. My grades slowly when down the drain, I didn 't care what my grades were until I realized if I didn 't get my act together I would be spending my whole summer vacation in summer school because I didn 't care what my grades were. In high school, my grades weren’t as the best than other individuals. Throughout my high school years, I had progressed. Freshman year I didn’t…

Letter grades existed long before we are born. According to Mark W. Durm, “1883—At Harvard there is a reference to a student making a B. This apparently was the first use of a letter for a grade that can be found” (1). There are many great leaders attended schools and received letter grades; even our grand parents might have received letter grades in their life. Many people attended school and grew up with grades and every one of us is very familiar with grades. We fought for good grades to get…

in sports and physical activities, students learn to find a balance with time for practices and school work. Succeeding academically is priority number one; no less than a C average is accepted in most high schools to participate. The minimum GPA (grade point average) requirements are important in preparing for college. In an article on sports in college: NCAA requirements it states: to play a sport in a division 1 school (colleges with the most competitive sports program) students must complete…

ready for the future. On the other hand, there are students who slack to just get through school, and as a result, they end up not doing so well. Teachers will allow the students who do not have the academic skills to move forward. Schooling from 8th grade to high school helps mold the undergraduates into whom and what they will become in the future. Holding a student back in school helps that student do the best that they can do with motivation to work towards future goals. This also gives them…

In the classroom of interest, the grade level being taught is third grade with the students’ ages varying from seven years old to nine years old. The location of the school is in Gainesville, Florida and is called Stephen Foster Elementary School, which is a public magnet school, composed of grades kindergarten through fifth. Forty five percent of the students at Stephen Foster Elementary School are African American, 32% of students are Caucasian, 8% of students are Hispanic, and the rest of…