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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education. (media.piefed.world)
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[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tbf it's true. Grades should not be a tool to hold anyone down, in fact there's very little value in grading - it's just a patch for incompetent education.

[โ€“] saturn_888@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Grades are for administration, not students. Students would receive far better education if schooling was focused on them learning and thinking and developing important skills. But after the industrial revolution, schools were designed solely as thought terminating obedience teaching places