The Reflection Of Education: The Pass And Fail Grading System

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The school experience for every student is different. A difference in teachers, classmates, and curriculum. All factors contribute to the shaping of a student. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” Education is about learning and expanding a student’s knowledge and creating character, but in the more recent generations the goal has changed directions. Schooling for youth has become more about snatching the highest grade from other students than focusing on achieving the greatest understanding of the topics. A traditional grading system has resulted in this. A new up-and-coming system being implemented is the pass/ fail grading system. This system is taking place in several medical schools like the University of Virginia and Columbia. The new change has benefitted the education of students and unlike the opinion of some educators, it assists the students by giving them a chance to learn the curriculum more than traditional grading.
Grading systems had not been established until the 1800’s, when public schooling started to become popular in the United States. They have become one of the most fundamental …show more content…

However, the most effective way of grading is not the one currently in action. It’s the one that is only now beginning to be implemented in some medical universities for the first one or two years of schooling. But, if the pass/ failing grading system becomes the universal system in all colleges in the United States, the education system will be changed for students of all ages. This system will lead to a change in students’ academic purpose. The focus will be on the well- being of the student, to enforce more than just grades, but good character and ethics. To do a student’s best on their own work for a high quality education, not

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