From my everyday experience and observation, I can stand that grades are very good indicators of knowledge. For several reasons that I will mention bellow, I believe that grades encourage students to learn.
First of all, grades show students' knowledge. If a person gets a high grade on an exam it means that he understands that subject very well. Otherwise, if a student gets a low grade on an exam it means that he does not understand it completely. Personally, when I get a lower grade on an exam then I expected I know that I could be better prepared. So, next time I will spend more time and efforts to fix my lack of knowledge and do my best on the exam. In this case, low grades encourage me to learn more. I try to analyse my mistakes and avoid them next time. Also, I try to arrange my time more effectively. I know exactly that I can do better than that, so I collect all my strength and focus on the incoming exam. It is a new goal or obstacle that one should overcome in order to continue his path. When finally I get a higher grade on an exam I feel satisfaction and I am proud of myself. I think it is a great feeling. I feel stronger, more self-confident and patient. I think these qualities are essential for a person who wants to achieve something and succeed in the future.
Second, students have some kind of competition with each other for higher grades. When a student gets a higher grade then another one, the second student asks himself: "Why do not I have this grade? Is it something wrong with me? Is he better than me? " I think every student at least one time asked himself this question.
To sum up, I think there is no doubt that grades encourage students to learn, gain more experience, knowledge, be more self-confident and persistent. Moreover, I am sure that these small victories will help students to win and succeed in the future.
From my everyday experience and observation, I can stand that
grades
are
very
good
indicators of
knowledge
. For several reasons that I will mention bellow, I believe that
grades
encourage
students
to learn.
First of all
,
grades
show
students'
knowledge
.
If
a person
gets
a high
grade
on an exam it means that he understands that subject
very
well.
Otherwise
, if a
student
gets
a low
grade
on an exam it means that he does not understand it completely.
Personally
, when I
get
a lower
grade
on an exam then I
expected
I know that I could be better prepared.
So
,
next
time
I will spend more
time
and efforts to
fix
my lack of
knowledge
and do my best on the exam.
In this case
, low
grades
encourage me to learn more. I try to
analyse
my mistakes and avoid them
next
time
.
Also
, I try to arrange my
time
more
effectively
. I know exactly that I can do better than that,
so
I collect all my strength and focus on the incoming exam. It is a new goal or obstacle that one should overcome in order to continue his path. When
finally
I
get
a higher
grade
on an exam I feel
satisfaction and
I am proud of myself. I
think
it is a great feeling. I feel stronger, more self-confident and patient.
I
think
these qualities are essential for a person who wants to achieve something and succeed in the future.
Second,
students
have
some
kind of competition with each other for higher
grades
. When a
student
gets
a higher
grade
then another one, the second
student
asks himself:
"
Why do not I have this
grade
? Is it something
wrong
with me? Is he better than me?
"
I
think
every
student
at least one
time
asked himself this question.
To sum up, I
think
there is no doubt that
grades
encourage
students
to learn, gain more experience,
knowledge
, be more self-confident and persistent.
Moreover
, I am sure that these
small
victories will
help
students
to win and succeed in the future.