[geeks] Education

[Sridhar Ayengar]

wa2egp at att.net wrote:
>>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.

You're saying that a student can ace a test on the material without 
learning the material?  Then it's a bad test, and it's the teacher's fault.

Peace...   Sridhar