Ninth grade

as he does, maybe even harder and he always ends up with the best overall grade in the class. The last day of every year in elementary school, the students were handed their yearly report cards. My grades did not interest me at all as a 2nd grader. What mattered to me most was not my grades, but my reading level. Every year all of the students take a reading test a week before school ends. The test determined the reading grade level for each student. As I was handed the pasty white envelope…

Grade Inflation Is grade inflation fair? Depends on who you might ask. When people think about grade inflation do they think about those classes, where thanks to a curve, they were able to go from a failing D to a passing C. Then there are others who think about their friend that never went to class, barely studied, and turned in assignments late who their grade got inflated to pass with a C thanks to a curve. There are two types of people, those who work hard and those who do not. Sometimes…

H In Puritan times, Hester Prynne, the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter, is marked with a distinctive letter A for the rest of her life. This is due to her decision to commit adultery. In the 21st century, the human race is naturally critical of others. However, regardless of their mistakes, no one is permanently marked with a letter to remember their mishaps. Through examining my personal attributes, it is evident that a letter that would most rightfully suit me is H. As a student, I am…

I give up on doing well in the mini-exams, but not matter what I do I still get a bad grade. This frustrates me a lot. Before coming to UMass I did have problems taking exams but at least, I used to pass them. I know is not your fault. I’m really worried about my grade. I’m not the type of student that waits until the last week of the semester to talk with the professor about my grade or how can I improve grades. I did all the extra credit in SONA and going to the discussion on Wednesdays. I…

“Grade inflation "is a huge problem," says former US senator Hank Brown, who tried to make it a priority issue as president of the University of Colorado in 2006”(Primack 1). Grade inflations are inconvenient to an student's advance education. It harms students, staff, advanced education and society overall. For students, grade inflation implies never knowing where they stand and not working as hard as conceivable to arrive. This presents issues with the way of life that requests moment…

Grade point average is a metric that measures effort. The amount of effort that a person puts into school is not a measurement of intelligence. There needs to be a culmination of a large number of factors when considering applications for college admissions. There are other factors that must be considered beyond grade point average. Factors like, intelligence, creativity, athletic achievement, and even student personality. Grade point average is a time tested metric. It is an excellent…

Whenever you receive my final transcript from the University of Alabama, you will notice I received a grade of a “D” in one of my final courses. This is the first and only class in my life I have ever received a grade lower than a C- in. I have a genuine explanation of why I have done so poorly in this class for the semester. I had an emergency surgery in November and was in an excessive amount of pain that lasted until December, which caused me to miss a lot of days this semester. My professors…

shouldn’t get paid for good grades.” “It’s bribing kids.” “Good grades are expected.” These are the kinds of responses I get when I bring up the idea of paying kids for their grades and I can see where these disapproving people are coming from, but from experience I can say that there is an upside to giving kids money for their good grades. That being said I do think we should move forward and find a way to pay kids for their hard work in school, which they show with their grades. It’s Their…

A. Tingle, Lynne R., Jason Schoeneberger, and Bob Algozzine. "Does Grade Retention Make A Difference?." Clearing House 85.5 (2012): 179-185. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Nov. 2014. B. The article first introduces the controversy over grade retention and the effects that tag along, such as "opportunities lost, mental health risks, and educational resources" (Tingle, Schoeneberger, and Algozzine 179). The article then addresses the effectiveness of students who were held back and gives…

an American author and educator that speaks and writes about education and parenting is very much opposed to the traditional grading system. In his essay “From Degrading to De-Grading”, Alfie Kohn argues against it, he claim that students are so grade driven that it reduces their interest in learning, creativity and preference for challenging tasks. Not only that, it also encourages cheating, disrupt curriculum and waste teachers’ time. Rather than using the current grading system, he advocate…