American Grading System
The American Grading System Professor Carpenter September 25, 2003 Madison Peace Madison Peace Peace 1 Professor Carpenter English 101 25 Sep. 2003 The American Grading System In America, virtually all schools use the A-F grading system. ... I had terrible grades and would have never been accepted by an American university. ... Once in the system, Peace 4 I could develop my talents at my own pace, without having to compete with others. ... And the Finnish system of higher education produces less pressure and there is more time for reflection because everything is so relaxed. ... If we were to replace grades with the Credit System ( which is the only decent comprimise thought of) then people would be required to do the minimum requirements to get a credit for that class. Then employers would look and see that you only did the minimum requirements and then in the blink of an eye, people are competing to do all the requirements they can and employers will start to take note of how many requirements you fulfilled and scholarships will be rewarded as long as you do a certain number of requirements and it will be the A-F grading system all over again! ... As you have read, the A-F grading system has started to slip and it doesn’t reflect how much a pupil has learned as it used to. But it’s not the grading system itself that is to blame. ... It’s our society that is going to have to change, not the grading system. If we just changed the grading system, it would soon turn back into what it was before. ... The American Grading System Professor Carpenter September 25, 2003 Madison Peace Madison Peace Peace 1 Professor Carpenter English 101 25 Sep. 2003 The American Grading System In America, virtually all schools use the A-F grading system. ... I had terrible grades and would have never been accepted by an American university. ... Once in the system, Peace 4 I could develop my talents at my own pace, without having to compete with others. ... And the Finnish system of higher education produces less pressure and there is more time for reflection because everything is so relaxed. ... If we were to replace grades with the Credit System ( which is the only decent comprimise thought of) then people would be required to do the minimum requirements to get a credit for that class. Then employers would look and see that you only did the minimum requirements and then in the blink of an eye, people are competing to do all the requirements they can and employers will start to take note of how many requirements you fulfilled and scholarships will be rewarded as long as you do a certain number of requirements and it will be the A-F grading system all over again! ... As you have read, the A-F grading system has started to slip and it doesn’t reflect how much a pupil has learned as it used to. But it’s not the grading system itself that is to blame. ... It’s our society that is going to have to change, not the grading system. If we just changed the grading system, it would soon turn back into what it was before. ... The American Grading System Professor Carpenter September 25, 2003 Madison Peace Madison Peace Peace 1 Professor Carpenter English 101 25 Sep. 2003 The American Grading System In America, virtually all schools use the A-F grading system. ... I had terrible grades and would have never been accepted by an American university. ... Once in the system, Peace 4 I could develop my talents at my own pace, without having to compete with others. ... And the Finnish system of higher education produces less pressure and there is more time for reflection because everything is so relaxed. ... If we were to replace grades with the Credit System ( which is the only decent comprimise thought of) then people would be required to do the minimum requirements to get a credit for that class. Then employers would look and see that you only did the minimum requirements and then in the blink of an eye, people are competing to do all the requirements they can and employers will start to take note of how many requirements you fulfilled and scholarships will be rewarded as long as you do a certain number of requirements and it will be the A-F grading system all over again! ... As you have read, the A-F grading system has started to slip and it doesn’t reflect how much a pupil has learned as it used to.