The Problem Of A Student

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  Albert Einstein once said "everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole existence thinking it is stupid". There are many students who relate to that fish believing they are unintelligent and useless. Believing that they cannot possibly succeed in the education system. The education system is failing to teach students and bring out their maximum potential. Everyday thousands of students drop out of school because they are failing to succeed. Gerald Graff argues in his article “Hidden Intellectualism” that the educational institution are failing to nurture students. He believes that some students would be more willing to learn and have better

While reading Ken Bain’s book “What the Best College Students Do” of the five different types of students he describes, I feel like I fall under the label of one having mediocre grades but achieving success. I make good grades, however I do not necessarily believe my grades always reflect my hard work, determination and effort put in, similar to his theory on false hope in standardized testing. Throughout my school career, I have consistently made A and B grades. I can remember only one C grade, which was a quarter grade, and very disappointing, but a lesson learned. At the same time though, and as Bain helped me realize through his text, grades are not everything and making a C is not something that is going to kill me; there is simply more to school than a letter grade. In fact he points out through most of the 1800s schools only used two grades, pass or fail. As seen nowadays, schools have since adopted the letter grade system.

Why should we let our kids fail? In Mary Sherry’s article, "In Praise of the F Word," she asserts that students should not be held back in school because of the stigma associated with a failing grade. We need to help kids develop an appreciation for progress over time, rather than immediate wins or losses. We should let kids fail to help them overcome more difficult challenges that they might face in their futures because it allows them to learn lessons, succeed in school, and focus in school.

Carl Singleton writes in “What Our Education System Needs Is More F’s” that our education system is failing. Because our education system is failing, students are graduating from high school and college without being able to read or do simple math. “The immediate need for our educational system from prekindergarten through post-Ph.D. is not more money or better teaching but simply a widespread giving of F’s.” Singleton says. Singleton goes on to say that the F’s that should be given would only be given to students that failed to learn the required material. Students are, and continue to be passed rather than held back or failed. Singleton blames low-quality teaching on “…low-quality teachers who never should have been certified in the first place.” Once parents start to see that their child has in fact earned an F, they may become more of an active parent in the sense of setting boundaries and rules when it comes to grades and entertainment (taking away phone or TV privileges). Along with Singleton I believe that there should be a lot more stern F’s given to students that earn them. More F’s in the educational system would result in providing the world with literate graduates, quality teachers and active parents.

Jenny is very good at whole word discrimination. She did not miss a single one and understood the sounds that the words made. She knew grip-grip was the same word and slip slit were not even though they were close in sound. Rhyming is also a strength for her. I think that rhyming is one of the easiest applications for children. I believe it is also the most fun for them. Syllable counting is also an easy concept for her; she didn’t miss a single one. She even got that hippopotamus had 5 syllables; that’s a big word. She also was correct that elephant had 3, which can easily be mistaken as 2 syllables.

When my chemistry teacher handed back the test we took, I frustratingly wiped sweat away from my eyebrow. Another C- no saving my grades now. Even if I studied diligently for eight hours a day and aced everything, I can do no better than a B-. I thought about my friends who go to a less prestigious school; they can put in minimal amount of work in chemistry class and still manage an A-. Then, I stumbled upon “In Praise of the “F” Word”. In her article “In Praise of the “F” Word”, Mary Sherry makes a case that high schools are giving students grades that they don’t deserve or didn’t work for, producing “semiliterate” graduates. “In Praise of the “F” Word” attempts to persuade teachers to grade harshly on students in order for them to truly comprehend the material and be prepared for the workforce when they graduate. Sounds fairly reasonable at first glance, doesn’t it? However, if one analyzes this proposal, it’s not hard to find a myriad of underlying consequences with it. If teachers decide to go through with Sherry’s plan, they put their students at an immediate disadvantage and jeopardize their chances of getting into a better college.

Flunking a student does not always motivate them into doing better academically in school. Passing a student on when they do not know the material can hurt them but threatening them with failure can hurt them mentally. In high school there was always that one kid that acted like he or she could care less about school but when they would ask for help the teacher would tell them they

Michael Thomsen argues against the A-F grading system in his essay “The Case Against Grades.” Thomsen even goes as far to say that the A-F grading system is to blame for the difficulty in reforming American education (1). He supports his conclusion with a few thought-provoking studies and statistics, but overall there are holes in his argument and he does not offer a realistic alternative. Thus, I disagree with Thomsen’s conclusion as I think that the A-F grading system is currently the best method for the United States to use.

I always expected the teachers passed me even though I had a very bad grade in their classes. Once I got an F in algebra, but the teacher still passed me. I was very happy in that time, and I still didn’t put more attention on schoolwork. However, it caused me to have a big trouble about math. When I was 10th grade, I had to take advanced algebra. I didn’t understand what the teacher covered in the class due to my poor basic concepts of algebra. Everyday I had to stay after class to catch up on algebra. I must have spent double time to work on my math homework, so I really regretted what I had done in 8th grade. That was my consequence of cheating on our educational system. Now I believe that if my algebra teacher failed me at that time, I might not have needed to work that hard in my 10th grade. Therefore, I strongly agree with Mary Sherry to prevent students from getting worse by passing them

People who are against the pass fail system object to students with letter grades lower than an A receiving the same recognition since they do not work as hard. Protestors of the pass fail grading system like the letter grading system because it creates competition between students which is needed to show the better and brighter students. Groups against the pass fail system, additionally, believe that grades are necessary for college admittance. If passing were on every student’s report cards colleges would be taking a “shot in the dark” and would not have an accurate appraisal of the students they are considering. Supporters of the letter grading system would argue that implementing the pass-fail system would only hurt students and imply to them that there is not room to excel, only to pass.

I realize that I haven’t always done my work like I’ve been doing recently, but I believe everyone deserves a second chance to bounce back from an atrocious situation. How would you know if a student is dealing with personal issues at home and can’t concentrate in school ? or what if a student cannot comprehend the subject being taught in class ? I have no doubts that a pupil who gives effort to change their grade should be granted their wish. Today

The story of student A will help guide you into the essay and help give you reference point as in to why or why not this solution to this problem should proceed to the light. Student A was a person at the beginning of his academic. Student A was bright student from a middle school where support was there name. The school constantly had paired test to see the advancement of the student. From these test it gave the school the information to provide the academic rigor for each student gave a clear path to middle school graduation ,but it also place the student with the student who would be able to acidic support one another. This made a madtoy support group even if the kid did like it a fust the would advently glue together to help each other

I whole heartedly agree with Kurt Wiesenfeds statements and arguments. In no way shape or form should a professor ever be responsible for the student’s wellbeing. He or she (professors) should certainly not alter a grade for the great or good of the student because doing so creates mediocrity and a weekend structure in our society. Perhaps the professor being as lenient as they supposedly are is the reason to blame for the society in which we live in today. College level and university level classes can be passed with the utmost excellence but students would rather get by and pass rather than exhibit any form of extra effort; I know this because I am guilty of it. Hopefully professors from around the world reads Wisenfeds entry

Diabetes is a systemic disease caused by a decrease in the secretion of insulin or reduced sensitivity or responsiveness to insulin by target tissue. (Beale, et al., 2011) The incidence of diabetes is growing rapidly in the United States and worldwide. An estimated 347 million people around the world are afflicted with diabetes. (Whalen, et al., 2012) According to World Health Organization (WHO), Diabetes prevalence among adults over 18 years of age has risen from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. It is the major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and limbic amputation. World Health Organization (WHO) projects that diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030. It is a complex and costly disease that can affect nearly every organ in the body and result in devastating consequences. The leading cause of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations, renal failure, and blindness in working-age adults, diabetes is also a major cause of premature mortality, stroke, cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, congenital malformations, perinatal mortality, and disability. (Cefalu, 2000) Insulin therapy and oral hypoglycemic agents have demonstrated improvement in glycaemic control. However, Insulin therapy has some disadvantages such as ineffectiveness following oral administration, short shelf life, of the need for constant refrigeration, and fatal hypoglycaemia, in the event of excess dosage.