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    It is a general truth the fact that teachers grade students but would the world be turned upside down if students would also be allowed to grade their teachers? To begin with‚ though the grading offered by a student is not always the most objective‚ I think that students are more entitled than any inspector to grade their teacher’s work in class because‚ after all they are the ones who interact the most with the teacher and can appreciate the effects that the teacher has on them. In addition‚ it

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    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

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    In the early 2000’s students would get paid for achieving getting good grades‚ do you think it’s necessary? People believe that getting paid for good grades is underrated. Personally‚ it’s important to get paid for goods grades for many reasons. Some are that it reinforces parental priorities‚ prevents kids from joining gangs‚ and helps kids work hard in the future. There is many other reasons but those 3 are the most important. Kids basically need to go to school as a “job.” Shouldn’t they get paid

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    receiving their actual earned grades in highschool and in college. Based on Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy’s research‚ along with many others‚ grade inflation is a legitimate problem occurring in the United States. According to this research‚ grading inflation has been on the rise since the 1960’s. In Arthur Levine and Diane Dean’s article‚ ‘Why Grade Inflation (even at Harvard) Is a Big Problem’‚ they state that‚ "In 1969‚ 7% of undergraduates had a grade of an A- or higher in contrast

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    EH 132 16 October 2014 Rhetorical Analysis of “The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation” There is proof in the pudding. This cliché has been used an immeasurable amount of times to express that evidence to the claim leads to its legitimacy. It has been speculated for many years that grades are being inflated‚ and students are receiving A’s for mediocre work. In fact‚ the introduction of Alfie Kohn’s “The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation” shows reports of the matter made by Harvard Professor Harvey

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    The Effects of Pressure on Students to get Good Grades Introduction: Living in a society like the one we are living today‚ can be very challenging for students. As the world gets more competitive‚ students are getting more pressured to achieve their goals in life. Pressure have become one of the known factors to affect a student’s life. Anyone who passed through this stage has felt the same way. Getting good grades has become one of the goals students today are aspiring for. It has been perceived

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    Cameron Bland Mrs. Clarkson Eng Comp 111 Period 6 Should Students get paid for good grades? In today’s age‚ students just don’t work hard enough. They feel like there is not purpose to go to school‚ study‚ and to get good grades. In order students to get good grades‚ they feel they should get paid for these good grades. With getting paid for good grades students can learn the value of a dollar‚ make the student feel like they’re working for something‚ make the student to strive to

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    Grades; who needs grades? People often look at grades as a way to judge how a student is doing. If the student is getting a high mark then he or she is understanding and obtaining the knowledge of the class. On the other hand‚ if he or she is getting a low mark he or she is not applying his or herself or possibly being flat out lazy. However this is not always the case. Unfortunately the educational system puts an abundant amount of weight on a grade‚ so it is stressed that the grade received determines

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    Grade Inflation Former Stanford President Don Kennedy argues the grades themselves don’t matter–what’s important is the academic quality. Kennedy proposes that the letter grade students score in classes is irrelevant but rather the knowledge gained is what really matters (Kennedy). Teachers and student’s themselves have given letter grades a priority in education‚ losing sight of what is really important. Donald Caruth suggests that there has been an upward shift in grades without a corresponding

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    In the article‚ The Case against Grades‚ Alfie Kohn talks about how the grading system is deflecting the actual purpose of why students are interested in classes. He speaks on how grades tend to diminish students and create a preference for what a student has to aim for in his or hers course. I myself have experienced this in my academic life. A student shouldn’t be categorized and put into groups when looking at a grade. When a student enrolls himself into a course‚ let’s say in high school‚ he

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