FIAE Chapter 8

When teachers say that they grade because the school asks them to, how does this show much knowledge about the point of grading in the first place. I personally don’t want someone grading me who just does it because they are asked. Grading is a long and “tedious” task that teachers have to do. Why is a teacher not able to say that a student has passed the class because they demonstrate mastery of the subjects talked about in class? Grades confuse students to the point that the student worries about the grade more then the assignments or class itself. They are looking for an A on something rather then more knowledge coming out of a class. When this happens, how to teachers go about fixing the problem? They grade that too! Chapter eight says that participation, effort, and behavior can benefit a class because they are valued ethics, but can in retrospect hurt a class because you grade to much on these three aspects. Finally, I think that grading will be easier when pigs start to fly, but that’s my opinion.