I don't see any problem with grades. I see the problem with how the give those grades out. In my opinion you are given to long to do exams now a days. Coming from an engineering student at university, 2 hours to do 3 questions is ridiculous. Why should someone who takes a very long time to do the questions be given the same grade as someone who can do it in half the time and get the same marks? There should be a system in place were you clock in and clock out of exams so they can see how long you took to do the exam and assess you on that as well. People would be more likely to learn how to do the questions if there was a time element added as it wouldn't simply be a case of cheating off the guy next to you as they might take a very long time to do it.

The problem is many times the exams are just seeing if you memorized what they want you to memorize. They aren't testing whether or not you understand the material, only that you can repeat it back to them.

And he didn't say kids shouldn't care about grades, he's saying that the school system should care more about actually teaching these kids rather than just getting good test scores. Exams are great. Like you said, they do, if done correctly, assess how much kids are understanding and taking in. One big problem is that rather than seeing low test scores and correcting it by trying to get better teachers or whatever, the "higher ups" in the school systems just lower the bar. Make the tests easier so that more people pass. They really do just care about the grades, not the education. And it's pretty fucking shitty because this also means that the smarter kids who do understand what is being taught are often stuck with classes that are too easy for them. Meaning they get less of an education than they could have.

There's another shitty part about the school system. Schools get a lot of money that they can only spend on very specific things. So a lot of times schools are forced to buy things that they don't really need instead of something they do need desperately.

Don't get me wrong, the concept of exams and funding based on it is good, but the people making these decisions aren't the ones that are in the schools working with the kids and seeing that the curriculum is getting easier to accommodate for the test scores. The only thing they see is the test scores. They don't see that these decisions are ultimately hurting us.

It isn't so much about just grades. It is more about how most school systems are set up like a combination of a factory and a prison. It isn't a good environment to learn in. It is an outdated system that is just getting more restrictive. They need to make learning an enjoyable experience rather than a chore. Most kids hate going to school because it is essentially a prison. It is like you are being punished for no reason. You need permission to do anything and everything, you get punished for stupid shit and you are fed really shitty food. Most of the teachers don't know how to teach and are really only there for the benefits, don't give a fuck about the students and they never stop complaining about how bad they have it. A change needs to happen. Maybe not a sudden massive change but a change here and there like not withholding funding to schools that need it most because of low test scores. Maybe let the kids grade their teachers every once in a while to see where they might be able to improve. So maybe if they want to grade the kids they should grade the school staff as well.

i was a lazy POS in high school and i am now one in college to be honest if i was stimulated more mentally i would have tried in school and maybe i wouldnt be as lazy

I wish HS was much more challenging cause as soon as I started college I signed up for some honors courses thinking I was smart as fuck thinking I was a prodigy. Then I got my ass handed to me

I agree completely

Just something I sometimes get invited to do with friends, play mostly demolition, I don't like competetive because of the fucking tryhards.

it will be when im done