[geeks] Education

[wa2egp at att.net]

> Why?
> 
> The purpose of a grade is to show what you know.
> 
> Grading a student down for homework who has demonstrated he has learned
> is just plain wrong, period.
> 
> Of course, the whole idea of using grades as a permanent metric is
> rather dumb in the first place, but let's at least do what we claim to
> be doing.
> 
> -- 
> shannon "AT" widomaker.com -- ["People should have access to the data which
> you have about them.  There should be a process for them to challenge any
> inaccuracies." -- Arthur Miller]

I get it now.  You assumed the student learned it in the first place, so
why do it again.  Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

Also, unfortunately, we are graded all our lives.....job performance,
credit rating, etc.

Bob