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RuneanPrincess t1_jdut130 wrote

definitely not oniony. Grades are a whole ass scam and do not at all reflect what you know. The people grading are incredibly inconsistent and a large portion of college grades is kissing ass and the vast majority of what the grade consists of is nonsense that wont ever be useful beyond college.

Think for 2 seconds about the real world. When you have to learn a new skill or be trained to do something for your job does your boss give you a grade? never. you just learn it and do it. The college money machine thrives off of separating students into classes and its just an overall terrible system. It especially profits off of people fighting and doing anything to meet arbitrary standards that have nothing but fiat value. Real educational value is virtually nonexistent anymore.

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tke71709 t1_jdv8pyu wrote

Does your boss give you a grade? Yeah, it's called firing your ass if you can't do it.

I also lol'ed at the thought that colleges eliminating grades is anything other than at attempt to make more money. No grades, no cost to mark assignments, no failing out, these are all ways to increase profits.

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Xalimata t1_jdv2g0m wrote

> Grades are a whole ass scam and do not at all reflect what you know

While they are not really as useful as all that I also would not call them a scam.

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