Grades Vs Comprehension, Debate Options

[*Programmer*]

When it comes to Academic "Comprehension". Students tend to worry more about getting an "A" in there classes by remembering the work temporoary with no intension after taking a test or quiz to apply it to there everyday lives. rather then learning the work and applying it into there everyday use so they won't be caught off guard by it again. they forget about it and are just happy with the grade they recieve afterward.

i do admit some work may seem pretty irrelivant. but why does the grade matter more then the work that you should be comprehending and applying to your everyday life. as long as you comprehend it correctly you should be ok. You are at school to learn or that is what i was lead to believe.

NOW...... The "grade" is a alphebetic rating system which a school uses to categorize your strenghs and weaknesses...YOU SHOULD NOT SEE THE GRADE AS THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE DOING ALL THIS WORK. and as such...you should only use it as a TOOL to learn more in the area's you and your teacher feel you need work on. . The Work is what you should be comprehending. NOT THE GRADE. I feel learning is it's own reward.

(i did not have time to SpellCheck this...ill edit with corrections later)

How do you feel about this..? please don't hesitate to disagree with me

[verlorenrivets]

A constant I used to see in my school is the people who had nothing better to do as far as a social life was concerned got A's, the people who were actually intelligent were practically failing classes or just not doing homework, and there was just a bunch of stoner kids that got together in groups to do homework and just get it out of the way. There were always the slackers and special ed kids, but we're not talking about them.

The highschool grading system in the united states rewards sheeps and cheaters. Anyone who has any sort of unique prospect on the learning process, such as actually learning the material to retain it, gets pushed out of the way because the system is not created for them.

I had better things to do than homework, like deal with people who only wished bad things upon me and try to deal with a poor home situation. I practically only did tests and essays for 3 years of highschool. I got practically all A's on both my tests and essays. This means that I learned the material, yet I got a worse grade than the stoner kids who were cheating and just getting it done in groups.

Messed up ass backwards system. Needs to be more personalized. Kind of like a set your own pace thing. That way the people who WANT to progress will be given the ability to do so, while the people who are just doing it because they have to can go and do their thing with the potsmoking and burger flipping. Wouldn't it make sense as a government to find the strengths of people and use them to stimulate an economy?

I think I went too far. My apologies, I haven't slept yet.