Do you think most students care about grades more than actually learning?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[Dinklex3]

I think a lot of students get scared and freaked out that they aren’t remembering certain material and seeing their grades fall to anything less than an A freaks them out even more.
If they don’t get a certain grade then some lose their scholarship or opportunity to get into med school or something. Their grades are supposed to reflect what they've learned and retained so it’s understandable.

[exitseven]

Definitely. Colleges put so much pressure on students to get a specific grade and the punishment for not doing it is so severe that it becomes the most important thing. I ended up spending the day before an exam in the library cramming for an exam. I would memorize what I thought would be on the test, take the test and hopefully get a good grade, forget everything I just learned because I had to get ready for the next exam.

I ended up graduating and getting the piece of paper that everyone seems to require before they will hire you but could see that it is a flawed system.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Account]

Yes, but I don't blame them at all if we take into account the way this shitty society is structured which is based on competitiveness.
I justify them.

[butterly248]

Yeah, that's all I did in school. And I failed most of my exams lol

[jennifer_bloom]

Are you jealous?