While many people may argue that good grades encourage students to learn, but, in my opinion good grades hinder the ability of a student to develop as a better individual or a complete individual as a whole. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all, grades are not related to the learning capability of a student. Good grades can be obtained in a subject even though the student does not have a good grasp on the subject. For example, questions in an exam comes from a limited curriculum and a students can achieve good marks simply by mugging up the entire syllabus even though he has a superficial knowledge of the subject. Additionally, many students can obtain good marks simply by malicious practice. In this case, getting the good marks is the only purpose and desire to learn something is not involved even the slightest. These type of students sure gets the good marks in schools or colleges but fails to perform in the real world. These above examples are true in my personal experiences. I happened to know many students from my school who are top scores but they failed in almost every interviews because of their perfunctory knowledge. So, in summary a desire to learn guarantees good score but vice-versa is not true at all.
Secondly, getting good grades in a particular subject sometimes circumscribes the student in that particular field only and stymies his need to pay equal attention to other subjects. We all know someone whose knowledge in a particular subject is profound but fails to answer even simplest questions of domains which are out of his interest. These students develop a penchant towards particular subjects which comes in the way of studying other subjects. For example, there is a friend of mine who has amazing grasp on Calculus and always obtain the highest marks in the class in that particular subject. But, when it comes to Political Science, he is a below average student in the class. We can say that sometimes good grades precludes a student’s desire to explore various subjects.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that grades has no relation with a student’s willingness to learn. This is because good grades can be easily obtained and prevents the student from exploring or learning various subjects equally.
While
many
people
may argue that
good
grades
encourage
students
to
learn
,
but
, in my opinion
good
grades
hinder the ability of a
student
to develop as a better individual or a complete individual as a whole. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
First of all
,
grades
are not related to the learning capability of a
student
.
Good
grades
can
be obtained
in a
subject
even though
the
student
does not have a
good
grasp on the
subject
.
For example
, questions in an exam
comes
from a limited curriculum and a
students
can achieve
good
marks
simply
by mugging up the entire syllabus
even though
he has a superficial knowledge of the
subject
.
Additionally
,
many
students
can obtain
good
marks
simply
by malicious practice.
In this case
, getting the
good
marks
is the
only
purpose and desire to
learn
something is not involved even the slightest. These type of
students
sure
gets
the
good
marks
in schools or colleges
but
fails to perform in the real world. These above examples are true in my personal experiences. I happened to know
many
students
from my school who are top scores
but
they failed in almost every
interviews
because
of their perfunctory knowledge.
So
, in summary a desire to
learn
guarantees
good
score
but
vice-versa is not true at all.
Secondly
, getting
good
grades
in a
particular
subject
sometimes
circumscribes the
student
in that
particular
field
only
and stymies his need to pay equal attention to other
subjects
. We all know someone whose knowledge in a
particular
subject
is profound
but
fails to answer even simplest questions of domains which are out of his interest. These
students
develop a penchant towards
particular
subjects
which
comes
in the way of studying other
subjects
.
For example
, there is a friend of mine who has amazing grasp on Calculus and always obtain the highest
marks
in the
class
in that
particular
subject
.
But
, when it
comes
to Political Science, he is a below average
student
in the
class
. We can say that
sometimes
good
grades
precludes a
student’s
desire to explore various subjects.
In conclusion
, I
strongly
believe that
grades
has no relation with a
student’s
willingness to
learn
. This is
because
good
grades
can be
easily
obtained and
prevents
the
student
from exploring or learning various
subjects
equally
.