Posted on September 3, 2018
In the article, “The Case Against Grades” by Alfie Kohn it is stated multiple times that grades should be removed from the school system in order for students to have more interest in their work. While this idea has a good premise it is just not possible for it to be put into action. I personally do no think grades should be removed from schools for multiple reasons. For instance if there were no grades how would anyone be able to tell the difference between a student that put in 100% effort vs the one that puts in 10%. Grades are in our schools in order to show the amount of work that students put in. If someone wants a good grade on a test they will study hard in order to achieve their goal. This idea of ridding the school system entirely of grades only feeds into the idea that younger generations are, “soft” or “entitled” . It is things and ideas such as this that classify our generation as the, “participation trophy generation”. Although the idea may have some positive effects on students I believe the grading system has worked well so far so as the saying goes, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it”.