Some people
believe that competition for high grades motivates students to excel in the
classroom. Others believe that such competition seriously limits the quality of
real learning.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more
closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the
position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should
address both of the views presented.
Knowledge and grades are two diverse aspects of the
education. A person who earns good grades does not necessarily have sound knowledge,
and a person with sound knowledge does not necessarily have a good academic back
ground.
In case students are guided to get good grades they only
reproduce what they have been taught, cramping of the things became a common
practice in this case, which results in limiting the quality of the real
learning.
Competition among students to get good grades destroys the
learning of the students as they only focus on the few things. Learning with a
purpose of learning is totally different from learning for a purpose of getting
marks. It is a common observation that student focus on the selective topics
which they expect to appear in the exam, or which the teacher point to be important.
Conversely they let all or many of the other topics aside, which are less important
from an exam point of view, which although are as important as the others.
Other aspect of this practice has worsening effects on the
mental as well as physical health of students. In early school days when
students realize that to be at the first position is what their parents expect
from them, they start working to the point and put pressure on the minds, which
does not only decrease efficiency but also limits their thinking abilities. During
the early days of schooling if they are told to learn from point A to point B,
their brains would be trained in the same ways, thus worsening the capacity of
the brain to think out of the box. It is essential for the brain to think
properly for its proper growth and nourishment. In addition to that students
also feel physical weakness as a result of the mental pressure. This is why
because the disease of exam fever has been emerged during the past few years.
Concluding, it is essential for the teachers and the educational
institutions to give free hand and to judge the students from several perspectives
as only getting good marks does not predict the better capabilities of students.
There are many examples like Mark Zukerberg, who although were not high scorers
in the class, but they proved that they have the real talent and made a big
difference among all others. Therefore competition for high grades is not a good
way of learning in a class room.
Dear Reader, your
feedback would be highly appreciated.
