Should NHS Raise The GPA Requirement?

Who would want a lower GPA just because of their gym grade? Gym grades should not affect a student’s GPA because school is a place to learn, it is a way for students to get bullied, and students need exercise but by the time they are in middle and high school they should be responsible enough to get enough exercise. Therefore gym should be optional and not count towards a student’s GPA.

The ACT is not an accurate depiction of my education, and I should not be penalized because of this. I believe the GPA is the only truthful portrayal a college can get about an incoming student. The GPA reflects the student’s progress throughout the entire high school career. It also reflects only how they did. In some cases, it is not fair to rate a student based on where he or she stands with the rest of the class. In a class of 1,000 the top 5% is 50 students; in a class of 60—like LeRoy—the top 5% is 3 students. Although the ratios are equal, the actual intelligence of the students may not be. In our school, we have a very competitive class; during our freshman year, we had a nine-way tie for first rank in our class. At bigger schools, there is a chance for a large amount of intelligent students, like at LeRoy, but there is also the chance for the opposite. With the opportunity for 50 students to be the top 5%, there is a possibility for some of those students to get that spot out of luck. Colleges that don’t know much about their incoming students can compare to a business not knowing about their incoming employees.

Students should not be able to play sports with a low GPA. Students should have good grades to play sports, because it is not fair to other students who play sports and keep their grades up. You can not get into college just for sports. You need to have a high GPA too. Other people need sports to help them get good grades. Student athletes should have to maintain a certain grade point average to participate in sports because it helps them develop life skills, gives them a future, and helps them with their confidence.

Alfie Kohn discussed multiple fabulous points in his article, “Degrading to De-Grading”. The author suggests more effective ways to assess students’ progress other than numerical or letter grades. Kohn goes into detail about why our current grading system is flawed. Grades can cause students to lose interest in learning which causes them to stop taking challenges. If students are not engaged and interested than they are not retaining the information they are being taught. The grading system can also cause students to develop unhealthy competition with one another for instance, “I got a better grade than you!”. Indeed, grades are a wonderful concept, but they tend to be more hurtful than helpful. In some cases, grades can have positive effects on students. For example, setting goals for various assignments, or receiving help where they are struggling. Though, there are alternatives that could make positive changes in the system.

High school students still have young minds, which means that their main focus is toward having fun and enjoying their years of school. Being a dual enrolled student does not mean that you cannot enjoy yourself, but it means that you have to put your school work first in order to succeed in life. Many young adults lack priorities, which makes them fall behind in their school work, which affects them in many ways. It can cause them to fall behind in their classes and could cause them to fail the course and could eventually make them not graduate. If students received free grades, this would completely ruin their future. They would start to put their education last. In the society we live in now. If teachers started to give put free grades, it would affect society by lacking education in the nursing field and criminal justice field. Students will not attempt in a class if they know that no matter what they do in their class, they will receive a passing grade. Nursing or criminal justice programs will not accept students that cannot pass their boards. Which means that with the lack of education that the students received would decrease the safety and medical attention that people in the society needs, because of the fact that students were not prepared for the real world and what was involved in the real world. Giving free credit to high school students would do more harm in the long run, students have to learn responsibility,

I agree with this policy because it's not that hard to pass with a C. If students pay attention and do

How can it be that a student’s ACT score is more important than their GPA? Is it possible that a four-hour test can hold more weight than four years of high school grades? Would it not be great if students could get the same amount of money for a high GPA that they can get for a high ACT score? GPA can show hard work, strength, self-discipline, consistency, intelligence and personal accomplishments. Scholarships should not be awarded based primarily on ACT scores but on a student’s GPA. Scholarships should be awarded for keeping a high grade point average throughout high school. It is just as difficult or more to keep high grades throughout four years of high school as it is to go take four-hour test and achieve a high score.

Should there be grade requirement for athletics? Should athletes have to be on the honor roll in order to play? Many states and schools have many different opinions to both questions.

Each member must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5. If you fail to do this, it will result in a suspension from all NHS activities; other than meetings for an entire quarter. During the time of the suspension, if you do not attend a meeting you will be removed from NHS.

As is aforementioned, good grades are not the only reason that a student gets to join the NHS. Outstanding character in school and in the community is almost even more important to getting in than anything else. I have shown this character in some of the extracurricular activities

In the essay “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s” the author Brent Staples states that for the past years many colleges have changed their grading policies in order to make them less strict and more permissive. The author explains that there are several reasons behind this change. According to Staples, this trend is happening due to the need to make less appealing classes more attractive to students. Also, he adds that the demand from parents and students have led to more lenient grading policies to avoid hassle. Lastly, the author expresses that when professors do not give students high grades, they possibly will be given negative comments and evaluations from students that could affect their salary and tenure. Grade inflation devalues college diplomas and put society at risk.

Many students feel that some classes are a waste of time and money because they learn nothing about their chosen field. They have to take classes that have nothing to do with their major but must take the class to meet the core education requirement of the college. If these students receive a less than average grade in a class they feel is unneeded then that lowers their overall GPA.

Members of the board have discussed about raising the minimum to 2.0. However, students-athletes are falsely convinced that sports are more important than school. Most athletes that in play sports don’t always get athletic scholarships. To be exact one in 24,000 college participants will make it into the

Some believe that the minimum grade requirement for high school athletes should stay 60 percent, but I do not agree. 60 percent is not high enough and it should be raised to a minimum of 70 percent. 70 percent is an easily achievable goal. This would not only increase the chances of these student athletes receiving financial aid for college, but it would also better prepare them for life.

Trying to maintain good grades is very important when in school. Having grades like “A’s” and “B’s” for example will result in having many educational opportunities and rewards. Colleges, job companies, or scholarship committees will review grades and other information on a school transcript to see if that student is eligible and satisfy the requirements needed. GPA stands for grade point average, so the higher the grade, the higher the GPA will climb up. This results in getting more money for college if the grade point average is an excellent score. There are some events and programs that reward students for having high and excellent grades. The National Honor Society is one of those programs. In order for a student’s grade to stay on top, completing school assignments are an essential way to do so. It’s not possible to get through or even pass a class without completing assignments. Usually, the class expectations will say for example quizzes are twenty-five percent, homework or classwork is fifteen percent, and tests are forty percent when it comes to grading work. What if the student just focuses on the bigger percentage? Even though the bigger percent has more impact on a student’s grade, the smaller grade percentages can still affect the student if it has not been completed at all because it adds up and it still badly affects the grade. This is why completing assignments are important. Participation in a class setting will improve a student’s grade because getting involved in the class discussions will help to understand the subject better. Some teachers even grade on participation, which can be an easy “A”.