Grades.

You might get the shivers, quiver your fingers, and slur
your words with the simple mention of the phrase. They have always
been, and most likely always will be, the single indicator of a child's
success and one of the few things that parents worry about. They are
placed on a pedestal that is sometimes even higher than wellbeing
and placed almost as high as health and survival. Some claim that
they will influence your future. Do you think they'll do it or not? Do
good grades ensure a successful future? Or do they cause more harm
than good?

What purpose does attending school serve? The objective is, of

course, to learn. Grades support the mapping of our learning as well.
They help us in the learning process by giving us an idea of how good
we are compared to how excellent we should be, as well as how much
we need to develop. But society has changed. The standard for "how
good we should be" is rising, which primarily benefits the top students
while leaving the "laggards" behind. Learning should not be judged by
how well you start off or how talented you are, but rather by how much
you are willing to try, how much time you spend, and how well you
improve.

Is using a grading system necessary? Do we really want to

subject our kids to an authoritarian, arbitrary, and biased system that
not only fails to achieve its own goals but really goes against them?
After all, learning is a process that can never be measured in terms of
numbers, letters, or percentages and can never be thought of as a
goal.