I think that profs aren’t necessarily responsible for imposing a grading system. They have to enforce GTAs grading students, but I’d imagine that departments enforce the profs. But I agree that learning and specialty is a good start to get out of the grade trap.

Yeah, that’s what I expected. I was OKay with the grading based on the ranking at that time, but at least, I think I should be provided with some feedbacks from the teacher or the experts from the real estate company.

At least the sentiment of “I don’t want to grade them, but I must” isn’t the alternative: “I was graded harshly, so I must grade them harshly.” I’ve seen that in competitive departments (from afar). I think if a department is not-as-competitive as a bigger brand-name school department, then there’s sometimes the added pressure of competing. Grades and grade point averages are a way of doing this (among other ways). It’s tricky for younger departments to be as competitive in an alternative way that doesn’t partake in universal standards.

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Patrick, I love your Mark Twain quote. How do you get around this to make sure your schooling doesn’t get in the way of your education?

I agree with your sentiment here, Robert. Is there the possibility that some students (or groups of students) who may benefit from SOLs or similar standardized tests? For example, if someone has a bad teacher, using the Internet to find study guides might be an accessible alternative…

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I love your title, Hana. And you raise a good point, how are students to practice SELF-motivated work, rather than grade motivated.

Thank you for the post! It is very impressive. I have been addicted to ranking during my senior year in high school. It was a struggling experience for me to focus on the real important things during learning… and thanks for sharing the two quotes!

Thank you for your comment, Lehi. if we want to remove all the negative mentalities (which takes a lot to do), I agree, the constructive communications, and frank discussions should be made for the change, but a lot of people would not like that idea, and I guess we both know why. Anyways, thanks again for bringing up such great points.

Cheers,

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Thanks for the post, Matt. Absolutely pressure is the most important and destructive thing for students’ achievement in exams and employees’ in workplaces. Also, stress affects their physical health and mental health as well as their achievements. I cannot really understand how professors/teachers and employers still do not act against that situation while there are that many studies about that issue.

Thanks for your comment Arash, and you bring a good point that the learning is not limited to the class, and I agree with that completely. Thanks

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