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GPAs and the Exemption Of Grades

            Taking away grades at a college or university level will do nothing but hurt the students. Grades are the measurement of the student's academic performance. Most students who have a high grade point average do not want to be put on the same pass/ fail grading system with students who have a lower G.P.A. Many students with a high G.P.A. take pride in their work and constantly are doing work to keep it that way. There is not a good way to look at taking away grades from students besides for the students who do not try in school. Grades are a way for the colleges and universities to measure the progress over the years. Transcripts from transfer students would all have to be looked at equally besides their sports, and activities. On the pass/fail transcript students who work and have no activities with a 3.6 G.P.A. looks worse then students who have a 2.4 G.P.A. that is in the environmental club.
             Grades are also a great motivation tactic. Many students would not put a lot of effort into school if they knew that they could pass a course by doing the minimum. The courses at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey that are pass/ fail are looked at by the students to be easier. In the classes most students generally do not learn as much from the lack of motivation. The reason classes are attended, homework is completed, and tests are studied for is to receive good grades. The grading system forces students to excel and makes the students care what grades they get at the end of the semester. Many students have to keep a certain G.P.A. for a certain job or to go to graduate school. .
             Employers will also have trouble hiring employees from a pile of transcripts that only says if a student passed or failed. Most employers look at the students' academic level as a reference to how much the students know. On many students transcripts over the years there shows an improvement or is steady in grades. If the students G.P.
            
            
            
            
            
            


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