Why Perfect Grades Don't Matter

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only art has "A"
look like austrian painter's grade

「Why Perfect Grades Don't Matter」

yes it doesn't matter 100%
but it sure matter for at least 70%

I think rather than working hard to obtain a high grade, it’s best to think of it as how much knowledge I can obtain to understand and apply the skills I learned in the career I want to pursue.

As a 2 year old I agree 👍

Getting perfect A's shows something in a lot of subjects. But I once met an English Teacher (she was a substitute at the time) who was not ashamed of her "C" grade on a Graduate Level English paper. If professors are trying to get you to be a communist and rewarding you with A's for what might be some bad ideas then maybe the grade is not important. An "A" in Math or Engineering might be more valuable but if you look at Math probably there is no reward for being a high-powered theorist to a lot of companies and organizations. Actually doing work being practical is probably important too which might be why the Rhodes Scholarship and Military might be set up the way they are. But there sure are some sad people who look for something free and for a handout and so maybe no education is a problem. Maybe it is good for people to learn that 1+1 = 2. I guess nobody is going to get a perfect grade for life.

75 year old boomer. Constitering the grading on the curve over the past number of decades grades truly mean little. Even as a kid I quickly found out a secret about grades. If you show up, behave, and do homework ( even if you got mostly bad answers ) you will get a "C". Reguardless of how bad you do on all those damn quizes and tests. This was back in the stone age when I went. Now you get passed reguardless.

AS AN INDIAN I DON'T FUCKING KNOW WHAT I DID IN SCHOOL

I am absolutely getting doomed as well. Why? Because parents don't care about thir kids, they may say they care about you but don't. They only care about their grades when their teachers are usually not like that. Sadly my parents are forcing me to retake tests.

In college and other higher levels of studies, we study because we want to learn. And schools completely forgot that they have to make kids want to learn and intrigue their curiosity. It's really true that we only run after marks and grades. As a 9th grade student, I literally have no clue what I want to be in future. I study because I have to. So...yeah.

time to move to finland

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I’m in eight grade and have straight A’s (I’m one of few in my school who actually care about their grades) I achieved college levels on the exams, but I struggle very much with my mental health when I force myself to get 100% and break down when I don’t. I have an ambition to work with the psychology/neuroscience of children, so I feel like I need good grades to get into a good college for this.

In a students life, only study and food is required.


Said my mother

al l my hea rt n & sou l th a n x

Over simplified. They present as if the issue of "success" is determined by many factors. Culture of the family, school as well as country plays a part. Doing away with or even minimizing test scores is more likely a way to accept the current sad state of our educational system and make the dysfunctional feel better.

In my opinion: What do we need grades for? Grades is a set up for mental health problems. Grades dont determine intelligence. It was designed by politics to make us feel limited and be limited. The no child left behind act is a lie and a set up for failure and it is bias. Tests have bias too. School is a supposed to be a creative fun learning experience. Not a limitation based on grades and test. Finland is better than America because they care about children’s mental health and motivation. Unlike American schools which explains why we have 💭🎈 running America.

I think that the problem is that schools mostly focus on STEM subjects, whereas even by the age of 8, 9 and 10 children should be strongly motivated to partake in physical activity, art and music classes. Science, math and literature only uses one portion of our brains.

Yes perfect grades don't really matter, I have always believed grades leads to good jobs and a better life but I have known people who didn't do well at school and college but are doing a good job in their careers

It’s easy to get caught up in the idea that perfect grades define success. I agree that learning and personal growth matter more than just chasing A’s. But at the same time, grades still play a big role in things like college and job opportunities. I think fair grading is important too, sometimes the way students are graded doesn’t reflect their real effort or understanding. When grading is fair, it can actually help students see where they need to improve.

I hate scool so muhc. I catn tipe wel, but my teecers aways buly me becase of it

Listening to this while studying. It is very comforting.

Good thing i never cared to begin with

"He has big grades his pretty smart." I have big grades because I copied the damn math answers from my friends

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2025 anyone?

When I graduate high school 2019 I don’t remember anything but basic math now I’m in job corp I still don’t understand math except algebra and basic math

School ❌
Hell ✅

Our country's education system was changed last year. It was similar to Finland's one. It was rather a great approach cause they actually tried to break the circle. But sadly, literally everyone just opposed it. Parents thought if there's no exam then our kids won't even study. Teachers were trained but as they failed to understand the system, they also opposed to it. Overall this system was seen as the destroyer of our nation. After the 2nd independence of our country, when the government fled, everything changed. The education system went back to the old one. Last year i studied all on my own, actually learned something. But now, I have like 3 tutors already. And yk why? To make me memorize the whole book. If you don't,you fail. As a straight A student, now i have to study for grades. But that can't stop me from learning.

Cope. My friend has a PhD in biomedical engineering and he has a 4.0 GPA. He has won numerous accolades and is a well-received scientist. You cannot say that he lacks creativity.

No

Thanks to school, I’ve gotten dumber every day! The constant amounts of stress, lack of sleep, lack of motivation, fear of failing in life, and awkwardness of being an antisocial person had destroyed my brain! Thank you so much!

I remember when learning new and cool stuff like the telephone cup was so much fun and made me really wanna learn. But getting to highschool when that bell rings all I think of is when is class finished

I'm a failure to my mental health and my future. 😢 🅰️➕️

1.0 GPA ahh propaganda 😭🙏




but tbh it's probably just that the school system sucks in America. even though I'm from a 3rd world country, our school actually values the students. but it's also probably because for some reason I've always gotten good grades without studying 🤓☝

I wish I knew this when I was younger, my self worth is basically 0 and the only thing I was really good at was school and had good grades, that was until I recently went into college and now I’m not good at school at all and I’m crashing and burning along with financial problems from kt

Asian parents: "We're gonna pretend we didn't see that"

I can relate that Self esteem can go down when you focus on grades

I like how she mentioned " but in the real world "

Me as an Indian laughing in the corner of the room

American schools suck. The first schools Ive ever gone to almost killed my passion for learning. Not to mention I was heavily pressured by my dad to get absolutely perfect grades. My elementary and middle school forced me into advanced classes, which made me miss actually important classes like math. Those schools taught me that competition was the only way to succeed and that I was only worth how many questions I could answer correctly.

But I switched to an online school, and even though they certainly arent perfect, they have encouraged me to use my creative abilities to complete assignments. For example, in science class I was allowed to draw a comic for an assignment. This sparked a deep love for storyboarding and writing scripts. Not to mention they dont pit students against eachother like other schools. Instead they encourage students to share their finished assignments and creative works without judgement. If you fail a test, only the teacher will know, and often they will help you understand why rather than just giving up on teaching you. There is a lot less pressure to score perfect grades each time and that has helped me tremendously.

I have to be perfect in math(i hate math) because "you learn math in group a1 and you don't wanna be in a2 or b because its a dumb group" and i can't get myself interested in math because of school and if I try to talk about it they brush it off saying that i probably have adhd because i don't like math... I hate the school system(i know i don't have it)

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 You hit the nail on the head! I graduated high school with honors but graduated college with a 2.xx GPA. It's hard to take risks when you have a parental figure who advised I'd be quitting my job if my grades "slipped." (Even took a more-challenging English class my senior year and had a learning curve with the first grading period- got a 79 and was nagged about it. Needless to say I stepped back from my "dream" of being a lawyer because I didn't want to deal with the nagging and academic push beyond what I already perceived that I had to deal with.

It’s same pretty much everywhere, including where I live Sweden. I have to grind so I can get in to the school I want just so I can learn some coding.

Literally the worst person in the school (like a bully) can have the best grades ever.
And literally, the nicest person in the world can have the worst grades in the world.
From cheating or lack of understanding. Then we grow up and barely use half of the stuff we learn. It’s honestly upsetting.

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My art tracher doesnt even like me, I have a D in her class even though my assignments are compleyed and have given her no problems whatsoever. Switching electives.

why are the sound effects perfect?!

I’ll explain it with martial arts belts. I went to Brazilian jiu jitsu gym that would win the most medals in the United States. They had tenyear white belts in the gym. In training you would go roll with white belts and it wouldn’t matter and they would still kill you. Or some were division 1 collegete wrestlers. They had marines working for 10 years with white belts.

But like martial arts you go to be a part of something bigger than yourself. Everyone there is working to improve the art and helping each other. The white belts have been there helping the pro fighters as practice partners.

Music is like that. You can be the hitting the gong and you’re there for something greater than yourself. When you go to college you join a school like the music school and you’re there to work on that in your life. It’s culture and more like a religious type activity.

You’re supposed to be there because you want to work and not for belts or grades. The most important thing is that you like and want to work on your subject.