Current Grading Systems

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Current Grading Systems

As seen on the news, people are worried about the future of America due to the lowered standards and expectations of today's student. Going through the public education system in America today lowers students standards and teaches them that not doing a job 100% is satisfactory. Grades ranging from a 65% through 80% are usually considered a passing grade at most schools. The fact that I can get through high school with a 70% average and still have it be considered satisfactory bothers me. It shows me that by not working as hard as I possibly can I can still get by. I have fallen into this trap of getting satisfactory grades and abusing them. I find that I don't work as hard to achieve the better grade because in the end whether I get a 95 or a 75 it is all at least satisfactory by some ones standards. This laxness in grading has allowed me to flounder all throughout my academic career so far without having to put forth any effort on my part.
When a student receives a grade from one of their teachers a lot of times they get a number grade saying that they received a certain percentage of credit for an assignment. If a student receives a grade of a 95 then they have fulfilled 95% of the total possible credit. A grade of 95 in most cases is equal to the letter grade of an A. When a student receives a number grade of 70 then they have gotten credit for 70% of the work. This 70% works out to a C, which is customarily known as satisfactory. This satisfactory grade of a 70 means that on a test the student has basically absorbed only 70% of what should have been. This 70% means that a full 30% of what should have been learned has not been. By calling this 70% satisfactory, it is basically saying that it is alright for the student to not learn everything that is taught in the class. By giving students the ability to absorb only 70% of all the possible material and still receive a passing grade for the class, the student is learn...

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