Student U
Instead of all those graded tests and essays, you should adopt my plan. Only having one big paper at each marking period and a few notes home is much easier than the program Terrill Middle School uses now. This plan is sure to help because it will make students less stressed out and help them do better in school. “Pressure by parents and schools to achieve top scores has created stress levels among students that are so high that some educators regard it as a health epidemic, said Denise Clark Pope, a lecturer in the School of Education and the author of Doing School: How We are Creating a generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students. Stress is one of the main reasons people lose sleep. Without the pressure of grades on their shoulders, students will be more relaxed and get more sleep. With more sleep, they will be able to pay better attention to the teacher and do better in school.
Student E
First and foremost, this plan will work because it fits all students’ needs. According to an article in The Washington Post, the reason that some schools have eliminated letter grades is that they are not specific enough, do not give enough information, and do not show a student’s progress very effectively. However, my plan can easily fix that problem without getting rid of letter grades altogether. Rather than getting lower grades, when they have showed a significant amount of improvement, students would be able to receive higher grades when their work improves, which would, in turn, reflect their progression much better. Additionally, they would not have to worry about sharing their grades with classmates who scored higher because they would be receiving higher marks themselves. That’s why my plan should be adopted.
Instead of all those graded tests and essays, you should adopt my plan. Only having one big paper at each marking period and a few notes home is much easier than the program Terrill Middle School uses now. This plan is sure to help because it will make students less stressed out and help them do better in school. “Pressure by parents and schools to achieve top scores has created stress levels among students that are so high that some educators regard it as a health epidemic, said Denise Clark Pope, a lecturer in the School of Education and the author of Doing School: How We are Creating a generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students. Stress is one of the main reasons people lose sleep. Without the pressure of grades on their shoulders, students will be more relaxed and get more sleep. With more sleep, they will be able to pay better attention to the teacher and do better in school.
Student E
First and foremost, this plan will work because it fits all students’ needs. According to an article in The Washington Post, the reason that some schools have eliminated letter grades is that they are not specific enough, do not give enough information, and do not show a student’s progress very effectively. However, my plan can easily fix that problem without getting rid of letter grades altogether. Rather than getting lower grades, when they have showed a significant amount of improvement, students would be able to receive higher grades when their work improves, which would, in turn, reflect their progression much better. Additionally, they would not have to worry about sharing their grades with classmates who scored higher because they would be receiving higher marks themselves. That’s why my plan should be adopted.