What Is A Grade By Pat Belanoff Summary

In “What is a Grade” by Pat Belanoff, she explains the pros and cons of the grading system. In Pats ' essay she states “Perhaps the solution would to abandon grading altogether in writing class. I confess that this a solution that appeals to me greatly.” (151). Grades should not be present in the way we test students’ learning ability. School seems to be more about learning the material for a brief moment just to get a good grade rather then to actually learn and think about the information being presented. Some classes should not have grades, such as writing. If a teacher asks a student to write a paper about a highly debated topic, such as abortion, and the students opinion differed from the teachers. It is possible that the teachers

In high school, an Arts credit is required. To obtain this art credit students take art, but not all students are good at it. Many people love to draw, visual learners draw things to explain themselves. People create art to explain how they feel or see the world. If a student puts the time and hard work into their art, and they get told their art is not up to standards and the teacher fails it, that student may give up on art and not pursue something they genuinely enjoy. If art must have a grade, it should be over art history and strategies, rather than the students

Many students face at least one important test in their life. And if that particular student is one of the many that experience test anxiety, this can affect the students test scores. Test anxiety can be caused by the lack of preparation by the student, but it could be caused by the fear of failure as well. Students have so much resting on college and their ability to do well, such as a good paying job to be able to support themselves. Test anxiety causes nausea, light-headedness, and it could even cause the student to have a panic attack. Students that have severe test anxiety do not have a fair advantage (ADAA,