Education

Title Education is everywhere in the world. Individuals are learning here and there. Everyone would agree that education is a fundamental way of life. Education is obtained learning from multiple people such as parents, friends, teachers and even other surroundings. Every individual is educated and taught differently. Education should be built not only on the text that lies within a book, but should also be base with everyday life. Agree on McCullough and Oliphant perspectives because grades and how life is not revolved around grades. | Grades should not be based on how smart an individual is. Although Oliphant “Letter to a B Student” wrote “Your performance is generally assumed to correspond to the knowledge you have acquired and will retain (137).” They could be really intelligent or ignorant, but the letter grade they receive defines who they are. The letter grade that most individuals want to receive is an A, but others settle for the best they can receive. In McCullough speech “You’re Not Special” he says “Where good is no longer good enough, where a B is the new C, and where the midlevel curriculum is called Advanced College Placement (McCullough).” Even the ones that try their hardest on something might have a difficult time trying to comprehend the material. They worry about the grade they might receive and it stresses them out. There are individuals that just brush off or brag about the grade they received to make the others feel bad about themselves. For example, one student might have taken an exam that they studied for and failed; the other student did not study and passed. Individuals like to brag about their grades that they probably do not deserve. | How life is not revolved around grades because it is more than that to life. Oliphant said “Your grade does not represent a judgment of your basic ability or of your character (137).” People think that individuals such as students that do not make a high grade that they are not trying their best

Cited: cCullough, David. “You’re Not Special.” Myfoxboston.com. Fox Television Stations, Inc. 6 June 2012. Web. 22 Feb. 2013.Oliphant, Robert. “Letter to a B Student.” Writing on the River: An Anthology. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2012. 136-142. Print. |