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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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[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] saturn_888@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days 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

this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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