Grades And Money By David Vogel Summary
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Mohammad Bajahlan
Professor Holbrook
Eng 100
April 16, 2012
What are we learning for?
“What are we learning for?” is a question asked by Steven Vogel and Jerry Farber in their essays because the students just focus on grades. In “Grades and money,” Steven Vogel gives the readers a true view of how students think on these days and what are the causes and effects of this grade system. He also raises a question of values of life. On the other hand, Jerry Farber, in his essay “A young Person’s Guide to the Grading system” Farber believes that learning is for better life. Moreover, the students should make the time in college worth it. They have to focus to learn not to care about grades; Farber states an important point that …show more content…
He thinks that students are playing a game with grades, trying to please their professors like the golden and silver stars for kids. Then what is learning for? Is it just for …show more content…
Also, the students think about money and if they get high GPAs will help them to get high salaries and good jobs. Farber states that people still think the grades are necessary for learning because grades provide self-discipline. Farber also gives a convincing idea that passing class doesn’t mean you learn something. I agree with his idea because a class is difficult or not depending on the passion and effort a student really put in it “To learn how to play chess – or play the guitar – or dance – or find your way around a new city? Yet these are things we do very well – much better than we handle that French or Spanish that we were graded on for years in high school” (Farber 385). Moreover, Vogel and Farber focus on the bad effects of this grade system .According to Vogel, since students consider grades as money and learning as cost.
In the end, Vogel ask question that makes the readers think about the learning system “why we so easily accept the equation between grades and money” (Vogel 392) this makes Vogel concerned if money is so important that we can forget other benefits and values in life. Moreover, Farber also ask equation make the readers think by asking about study
Mohammad Bajahlan
Professor Holbrook
Eng 100
April 16, 2012
What are we learning for?
“What are we learning for?” is a question asked by Steven Vogel and Jerry Farber in their essays because the students just focus on grades. In “Grades and money,” Steven Vogel gives the readers a true view of how students think on these days and what are the causes and effects of this grade system. He also raises a question of values of life. On the other hand, Jerry Farber, in his essay “A young Person’s Guide to the Grading system” Farber believes that learning is for better life. Moreover, the students should make the time in college worth it. They have to focus to learn not to care about grades; Farber states an important point that …show more content…
He thinks that students are playing a game with grades, trying to please their professors like the golden and silver stars for kids. Then what is learning for? Is it just for …show more content…
Also, the students think about money and if they get high GPAs will help them to get high salaries and good jobs. Farber states that people still think the grades are necessary for learning because grades provide self-discipline. Farber also gives a convincing idea that passing class doesn’t mean you learn something. I agree with his idea because a class is difficult or not depending on the passion and effort a student really put in it “To learn how to play chess – or play the guitar – or dance – or find your way around a new city? Yet these are things we do very well – much better than we handle that French or Spanish that we were graded on for years in high school” (Farber 385). Moreover, Vogel and Farber focus on the bad effects of this grade system .According to Vogel, since students consider grades as money and learning as cost.
In the end, Vogel ask question that makes the readers think about the learning system “why we so easily accept the equation between grades and money” (Vogel 392) this makes Vogel concerned if money is so important that we can forget other benefits and values in life. Moreover, Farber also ask equation make the readers think by asking about study