Jacobl Lee Blog Assignment #6

Living in Korea I had grades graded as numbers, at the end they gave us letter grades but when we got our reports it was in numbers rather than letter grades. However in American it was a bit different to what I am used to. They give out letter grades with curves. In my point of view people will become less competitive for their grades compared to Koreans who get the total average on their report card. People would less want to be the best, the number one, because how hard the person works he would get the same grade as the person who did less work and got an A. Working much more harder and getting the same grade even thought I got a higher grade. Also for students who fail the class might not care much about their grades, but on a report showing an F on the report card with a score of 30 is better then having the 30 grade. It could be less embarrassing. On the other hand, it would make the student more discouraged, because if he would have the same grade as someone with the grade of 50 when he got 30, the student would think it is the same thing. To sum up I personally think that letter grades are not the best grading system, thus show the exact grade average by number might kill the hope of wanting to get a better grade.