Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education.
In the modern education system, grades are sole indicator of quality of education and competing for grades could be tempting to increase the quality of education. However, grade competition in education might invite serious consequences that can instead dwindle its quality.
Firstly, competing for grades makes students very narrow-minded, as they only read those subjects that bring them higher grades, and escape other subject matter that, though important in many ways, doesn’t carry enough importance to increase grades. Many students in Nepal, for instance, read only those subject matters that are listed in question banks (that includes questions asked in previous examinations) and escape those that are not asked in exams. This trend has proved detrimental, especially when, the escaped subject matter carries greater importance in further studies or in any other practical areas.
Secondly, being grade-focused also hampers conducive teaching-learning environment in schools as students develop envious feeling towards their competitors. While I was in school, for example, the top students who scored higher grades in exams wouldn’t share knowledge with each other, or even worse share wrong information to others. This would seriously disturb teaching-learning environment of class and sometimes even be a major factor for reduction of grades of the students.
The modern trend of focusing on grade competition also shapes the behaviour of teachers at school- mostly in a negative way. As most of the teachers are very determined to bring out good grades in their student’s mark sheets, they often use harsh ways to do so. There are many instances when teacher have punished students cold-bloodedly, just to force them to make a harder effort. This often results in embracement of unethical ways (cheating) in examinations by the student.
Finally, the critics of the above argument might argue that grades are the major catalyst for the students to work hard, and that they are the only incentive for the students to stick on their duty (study). However, in my view, the major driver of hard-work is not grades, rather it is the interest of students towards a subject. There are many students who work hard on one subject, and don’t give much time to the other, though they possess equal grade importance, due to difference in interest. Moreover, there are myriad of other incentives that can aid in increasing their perseverance towards study; they might be a career goal or just a craving for knowledge.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 107, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a negative way" with adverb for "negative"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...behaviour of teachers at school- mostly in a negative way. As most of the teachers are very deter...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, firstly, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, while, for example, for instance, in my view
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2145.0 2235.4752809 96% => OK
No of words: 400.0 442.535393258 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3625 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.472135955 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88173125048 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.555 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 657.9 704.065955056 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.7238514623 60.3974514979 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.0625 118.986275619 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0 23.4991977007 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5 5.21951772744 144% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.187354929683 0.243740707755 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0666405810956 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0652588653971 0.0758088955206 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.11602594222 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0776582183799 0.0667264976115 116% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.22 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 100.480337079 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.