Blog 6 - Grace

There are many ways of giving grades depends on different countries' academic institutions. Among them, As, Bs, Cs grade system is the most famous and traditionally used. However it’s somewhat unfamiliar to me. I took an IB courses and it has 7 levels 1 to 7. Also, when I was in grade 7 to 8 in Korea, there were no such thing as As and Bs. My grades were mostly bases on the just how much I got from the exam or the assignment. So everybody was very competitive about getting perfect score in every subject. So It still effects me and I always try to get an A for everything and if sometimes I get an B, I feel really bad for myself. So I think it’s the problem of a bad impression for student too. For example, in my astronomy class there is no curve system. So if one get 79, it’s still an grade C. We can’t say 79 is a bad score but when it appears on your report card, it will still be an C and it will drop one’s GPA. Secondly, another problem of As and Bs grade system is that it’s unfair for a person who got the nearest score for the next grade. For example, the range of grade A was 90 to 100. Then if there was a student who got 89 for his math exam, then he will end up getting B just because he missed 1point. On the other hand, it’s an advantage of a student who got 80 on his math exam but end up getting B because he has 1point higher from grade C’s range and he just made it. If it was the case in Korean education, these both students will just remain the score they got. So there’s already 9 points difference which will make a huge gap for their average. I think As and Bs grade system is the most well known grade system in the states because it’s most reasonable and useful from people could think of. However, I think grade comes from how much effort you put in.