Yes I agree with you that grades don’t give the complete picture and I really liked the health example. I believe that assessment and grades are inevitable in education. Accordingly, the instructor is responsible of designing good assessments so that the grades at the end can have a meaning and can be interpreted in terms of the student ability.

I agree with you that exams are not the only way of assessment. However, the obstacle against assessing through projects is that they are not applicable in all disciplines. Consider for example, a course in pure mathematics. It will be very hard to ask the students to make projects, rather they need to be tested on their understanding of these concepts. This could be done as you said through assignments. Therefore, I think people in every discipline should agree on a new way of assessment, rather than exams, that suits that discipline and does not put students under stress.

I totally agree with you that the education in Egypt is reeling because of the policies taken by the consecutive governments in the past 60 years. I was only mentioning the student’s look to teachers which got affected by the play. What differs this play from the others you mentioned, is the audience. Kids, especially in a young age, cannot completely differentiate good and bad behaviors. They are more likely to get affected by what they watch. Older people are more rational, they know that they should not humiliate judges or police officers or more precisely they know the consequences of such actions. Believe me, they would not be happy at all if they did so :).