I think the grade options are quite limited and it is just a tool for easier process in traditional academic situations. And these grade options cause several problems to the students and the education system. Since we define the grades as As, Bs, Cs and so on, it is easy to think that getting better letter grade is doing a good job. Moreover, if a student got a bad grade in a class, even though the student liked the course or participate in the class, it is the only way to define the students all of attitude, ability and skill. And we will assume that the student was bad at class. And I do not think sometimes the grading system is not fair. Grading is often subjective and it tends to made a teacher’s opinion without any objective reason.
When I took a Art class, I drew really hard. I took many time to do my homework and research assignment. Every time the professor evaluate my work, he gave me lots of praise and encouraged me. I thought I was very good at drawing. On the last day of the class, he asked me to give him some pieces of works which I drew and he said he wanted to use them as his material for the next semester. I agreed and gave my works. But, I was shocked after I got the grade. I got unbelievable grade for this course and I was confused. It was hard to accept so I sent him an e-mail about my grade. He said, he thought the grade was reasonable and he said he could not change it. But the grade was really bad and it was the worst grade I had. There was no way to prove it since it was a Art class and there was no quizzes or tests.
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I'm agree with your comment about grades don't represents students efforts and attitudes towards class. It's so hard to understand professor criteria uses to evaluate our works. But at the end we get something different that we expect.
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