We have all heard of the book 50 Shades of Gray.
It was pretty controversial and likely WAY over-rated.
But you know what is fascinating?
There are 59 shade of something in schools that is also controversial and TOTALLY over-rated.
And that’s our traditional grading system.
There are 59 Shades of an F
59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
There are 11 Shades of an A
100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90
Lot of grey area here, right?
See what I did there?
But in all seriousness, why does this out-dated grade scale even still exist in modern education systems?
We can do better than this.
Because at the end of the day, if a grade doesn’t truly reflect what a student knows (or doesn’t know) then what is the point?
With so much love,
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