Grade Point Average Essay

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Anybody who has gone to highschool or even college knows about GPA, and the struggles that come with maintaining a high average. GPA (or Grade Point Average) is a score used to summarize a student's performance in their selected classes in a numerical way. While some classes may be harder than others, the teacher (or instructor) can make the process and maintaining the high GPA exceptionally difficult, regardless if the content is easier to learn than others. Some people have proposed a new method that would change the grading process. The new process allows teachers/instructors to grade the students and affect their overall GPA(as usual), although alongside with that the student would give the teacher “grade” based on how effective their teaching skills are, affecting their overall pay check.

The results of grading the the teacher/instructor would allow for a better environment and learning experience as a whole.While the highest-quality teachers would remain, …show more content…

While this is true, the way it’s executed needs to be improved on. There are a large amount of educators who are unable to teach their students. Teachers should be able to provide an (while not at always enjoyable) overall work experience that keep the student engaged into the content being taught. There are many teachers who are unwilling to put in the necessary amount of time. While some teachers do put forth the effort to teach their students, some are unable to clarify the content among the students. Since highschool and college students are graded using GPA, the grades from all teachers/instructors are weighed against the rest. Although a student may receive a good grade in one class, they may be unable to hold a good grade in another class depending on the quality of the teacher and their style. This will result in the student's GPA to exceptionally lower, due to the educator's low

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