He makes the point that graduate schools and corporations do not look at grades, but merely the degree. What he does not recognize at this point in the argument is that grading is what motivates students to endure the courses required to achieve such a degree. He does acknowledge this motivation factor later, however it would have made much more sense to address it in the start of the argument as it is the largest point of objection...
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There is still a required grade point average for admission, as there is with all universities. A student that has a perfect SAT score with a 1.0 GPA still cannot attend Harvard. Which means that grades are not for their own sake, but as a tool to measure ability and readiness for a university. The schools know that grades are not the only measure, and that’s why they use test scores and essays and interviews...
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Education Students already don’t realize that by having an education will get them further in life. By having grades stop will give them the impression that they would not need to attend school, and they will drop out and not have enough education to get a job out in the “real world”...	2 / 406
Grading Policy One of the most contentious of the policies allows a student who fails a test to retake it, with the lower score being tossed out. "Instead of setting high expectations and the high standards and holding them to that, we seem to be wanting to lower the bar and give them an excuse not to succeed," said Dale Kaiser, president of the National Education Association, the teachers union...	1 / 247
Grading System Those measures serve as the primary method in establishing student recognition. If this ranking is not the sole factor in the recognition program, it is always included in the student's assessment...	4 / 892
Why Our Grading System Is Impo Letters of recommendation were disregarded in his statement. In short, any job that requires high levels of thought and logic can be matched with individuals who present high test scores...	2 / 389