Controversy Over The Grading System

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Did you know school was invented during the industrial revolution. It was for assembly line workers, so they know how to read and write on packages. I believe school should be revamped for this century, People don't work on assembly lines as much as they used too. I believe the grading system should not be based on the students memory. It should be based on a long term project system instead of the grading system they have now. Some people argue that school has been this way for centuries, and that is the problem. Schools are supposed to help students not make them feel trapped, why should testing a student's knowledge be based off memory, what about the individuality each student posses. If you look at a classroom and compare it to a picture

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