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1. How do you feel about grades?

2. “the goal of school isn’t to learn. It’s to get an A.”

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1. What will be the ideal school system? No grades or a grading system?

2. "while threatening

them with an F for not doing it, seems like a smart way to motivate youngsters to master algebra or English.”

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One question I have about the argument is how can you base a grading scale on memorization and learning skills when not all kids have an equal shot at that? (If you were using the logic or information given before the evidence of other schools using their own versions)

A quote that I find striking is "Moi. I took French for

six years in both high school and college. I received straight A’s in every class, every semester.

I can’t speak French." I thought this was funny and made me agree more with the argument

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1. What would motivate students to do better if we got rid of grades

2. "The Goal of school isn't to learn but to get an A"

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would you be more motivated to learn if letter grades weren't given?

"I was laser-locked on performance goals (getting an A on Friday’s quiz) rather than on learning goals"

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1. I wonder why the article argues that grading interferes with education but uses different grading systems as an alternative approach

2. 'Sarah Lawrence College assigns grades but places greater emphasis on written descriptions of how well students have mastered six critical abilities.'

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I don't really have a question.

a quote that I found striking was when Pink said “For many students, the goal of school isn’t to learn. It's to get an A.”

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How can we support students in the classroom to focus on the curriculum and not just grades? Do you think there should be a different grading system?

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How can we support students in the classroom to focus on the curriculum and not just grades? Do you think there should be a different grading system?

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"Grades are a blunt instrument, a crude and often inaccurate measure of learning."

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1. I feel like letter grades could be useful in some sense but overall I do agree that when using letter grades it doesn't promote learning but reaching a goal of passing a class. Why do teachers let students "slip through the cracks" and not actually give them efficient constructive criticism that help students improve their work?

2. . “I received straight A's in every class every semester ;I can't speak French”

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Do people feel pressured to get A’s because of the grading system? Would they feel better about going to school we didn’t have one?

“…that some instructors aren’t even consistent with themselves, assigning different marks for identical work; and that extraneous factors like penmanship and a student’s attractiveness can affect grades.”

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I wonder if the grading system would be different in the future. Will it make a difference if people spoke up more about it?

“Grades began as a tool for assessing learning, but quickly became the point of the exercise. For many students, the goal of school isn’t to learn. It’s to get an A.”

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1. Did this article change how you view grades?

2. "For many students, the goal of school isn’t to learn. It’s to get an A."

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will the grading system be different in the future.

I received straight A’s in every class, every semester.

I can’t speak French.

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1. Question: Will removing grades would actually make students more motivated to learn, or could it lead to less effort because there’s no clear measure of success or marks?

2. Quote: “For many students, the goal of school isn't to learn. It's to get an A.”

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What could come with not having a letter graded system? How could that be beneficial?

“For many students, the goal of school isn’t to learn. It’s to get an A.”

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1. Do kids only shoot for As rather than memorization because they're lazy or because they don't view what they're doing as important? Shooting for As is portrayed as horrible in the article, but I don't think it's bad since students are forced to take a subject they don't want and they won't need. Some people may have decided what they'll want to pursue, so anything else becomes a bother or a distraction, and to deal with it, they have to shoot for an A, and then forget all about it because the information is useless (what would a future business data analyst need to take an art class, biology, chemistry, World History, etc.)

2. "I can’t speak French."

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What is an idea of an effective alternative to the grading system if we were to get rid of it?

“I recieved straight A’s ever semester, I can’t speak French”

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1. If grades push students to focus on performance instead of real learning, what could schools do to make sure students will stay motivated and accountable without the A-F system?

2. "Grades began as a tool for assessing learning but quickly became the point of the excercise. For many students, the goal of school isnt to learn. Its to get an A."

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1) What will school be like without grades?

2) "For some students, the goal of school isn't to learn, its to get an A."