Argumentative Essay About Grades

It is also a rather discouraging factor when we let a grade define us rather than analysing a person’s full intelligence and taking into account the fact the everybody has different strengths throughout their education. I believe a lot of a student’s grade depends on their confidence within themselves because the more confidence they lack the less effort they will put into the piece of work that they are doing. I often notice this in my own work and my peers

This may seem fine, but as said above, this causes curriculum gaps between students which can be harmful as it removes stress relieving classes from children’s schedules. State tests, although is not the only factor, evaluates school districts. Other factors include graduation and attendance. Even though it is not the only factor, it is one of them, which may cause extra pressure and stress on both students and teachers. The pressure on all students, regardless of ability, to reach a certain level, can be damaging, especially because of many students, as high as 60% in some states, failed to reach this

Getting good grades is already hard enough, and the pressure will not help their cause. According to the National Education Association, (NEA) “Many teachers also say paying students for grades leads to practical problem in their classroom, including pressure to inflate grades.” This could help your child double check his/her answers. However, you are also giving your child anxiety. Anxiety could lead to your child getting depressed and later killing him/herself. Suicide is not a joke.

parents and kids are pushing for grades not to matter as much on standardized testing and “measuring” the capability of kids through a test, and answer sheets. Teachers should instead focus on helping the kids understand what they are being taught because the majority of kids won’t admit to not understanding the material that they are being taught because they don’t want to be different from the rest of the class and their friends. If teachers could focus on teaching to THE KIDS instead of teaching to test standards it would create a less stressful school environment and students wouldn’t stress and worry about their grades as much. If standardized testing continues to dictate if a student moves on to the next grade then what are quarterly grades for? If grades weren’t held in such high regard by the majority of the education then they certainly would not be as big of a weight on students shoulders as grades just numbers and doesn't reflect what someone actually knows just because a students number grades are low does not mean they are a dumb kid; they could be extremely talented in one or more other aspects of life and they could just be having trouble with this one subject and students should not have to feel like their future is riding on that one

This can also indicate how your local area is doing compared against the national landscape. The students’ progress can be tracked over the years. When students take the same type of test yearly (adjusted for grade level) it is easy to see if a student is improving, losing ground academically, or staying about the same. (For example, if a child is taking a norm-referenced test and scores in the 75th percentile in the sixth grade and the 80th percentile in the seventh grade, you can see that the child is gaining ground in school.) This helps determine how a child is doing academically.

What? Your grades keep decreasing and making your average low? Many people struggle or do not do well in school. It is a really good thing to have good grades in school, because if you do not, then that will affect you later on in life. That is because if you have low grades, then your job will be bad, but if you have high grades, then you will be able to have a good job.

For example if my mother used to tell me when I was a child that I have to do better at school, get better grades and my cousin is at the same class with me and getting better grades than me, the child will create a feeling what I’m not good enough and I have to do better all the time no matter what I do (performance/production) is not good enough because my mother is not accepting my performance. When the same child who’s still carrying the lack that he’s wasn’t doing well at school which was transferred to him by the mother becomes an adult having subordinates reporting to him he’ll be constantly asking them to do better regardless if they are really do well or not, he will constantly require him team to produce more and perform more hence he’s projecting his own lack/expectations (mother didn’t accept him performance) towards my

Miller (2014) said “Modeling is a crucial component in teaching skills to students” (5 Steps to Foster Grit in the Classroom). This is saying that a teacher needs to show that they will not give up on the students. With that the students will not give up on them. Second is, Don’t grade formative assessments. Miller (2014) said “If you punish students in the learning process, then they are less likely to engage with it.

What advice would you give a school in creating an exceptional intervention model that could fill those gaps? Within my local school system, I see a large amount of neglect. I see a system that allows students to be pushed through a grade without fully understanding the academics they were to be taught. I feel more intervention and less overlooking, would play well in having a successful graduate rate. It is not the number of students who graduate from the high school levels that matters in the student’s futures.

Mandatory activities should be enforced into the school systems. To many kids are not contributing enough to their school by just being superb in the classroom. Some kids don 't even discover their ability because they are scared of not making the team or being joked on. That is one of the essential reasons why I think that extracurricular activities should be imposed to every single kid in the school. Also extracurricular activities is a fun time for everybody even if you don 't like what you are being forced to do, you will find something marvelous out of it.

Such as grading all the work assigned to the students. In conclusion failure is not the only way to motivate students. The student might accept failing and never learn the material, but if we offer kids study hall, workshops and a sit down meeting it might even change their outlook on school. As well as study habits let us give kids a chance, to the right path and allow them to succeed without failing in positive learning

When these students plagiarize others work they render themselves unable to truly understand the material. The purpose of going to school is to prepare students for life and give them the necessary knowledge they need to succeed. If you simply copy someone 's work, it eliminates the whole learning aspect because none of the work is your own doing. Along with that, you lose the potential knowledge and skills that could help you later in life. The punishment serves as a reminder of those facts and helps students come to realize that cheating hinders your education.

Only then will parents take an active role in their child’s education, instead of letting the schools do it all. The schools are failing the students by giving them passing grades they don’t deserve. Singleton doesn’t believe an increase in salary or a merit raise will improve the situation. The only solution is to fail students who do not master the material. Only then will parents take notice in their children’s education and will school boards take notice, since holding a child back and having them repeat a grade cost twice as much as passing them on to the next grade.

They do not agree that they have a responsibility to go over homework or assist their children at home. If their child does poorly in school they will blame the teacher for not doing their job. In contrast, parents apart of a higher social class tend to be more involved in their child’s school work resulting in high expectations of their children 's success in the classroom. Children become more self driven and motivated to complete their assignments and pass classes in hopes of not disappointing their parents. From my own experience, my parents have always been involved in my school activities.

Even if they are almost finished with a task they will see no hope for finishing if it is to hard. Studies concluded, that students who live in poverty will display impatience, inappropriate emotional responses, and unable to have empathy for peers misfortunes. Trying to empathize for these students is key. "A teacher cannot change the students bank account p, but you can change what is in their emotional account"(Jenson 23). Teachers and teens can begin to change their school, not only for the students who live in poverty, but as a whole.