Essay_on_Grades

Essay on Grades In the essay, “A Young Person’s Guide to the Grading System,” Jerry Farber argues his points of view about the effectiveness of giving grades. Farber, first, begins with discussing how grades reflect the gaining of knowledge.. He starts with stating the obvious, “Academic success, as everyone knows, is something that we measure not in knowledge but in grade points” (333). Just because someone received an “A” in a class does not necessarily mean that they are anymore knowledgeable on that subject than someone who failed. Much too often, grades are given for accomplishments that really have no relevance to what a person has actually learned on a subject. For instance, my health teacher graded us on the organization of our notebooks and, as a result, I received “A’s” for it. However, I couldn’t tell someone what foods contain what vitamins and what grades, subject, someone, received, person, knowledge, actually, vitamins, time, same, points, material, little, having, young, without, whether, view, very, tests, test, tell, teacher, taught, system, success, stating, starts, something, scored, retained, result, relevance, reflection, reflect, receive, really, proving, poorly, pointless, person’s, people, over, organization, often, obvious, noted, notebooks, nonetheless, neighbor’s