We recently received our grades on the resume and cover letter assignment. I don't want to go into too much detail, but I'll just say that I was a little disappointed in my score. Obviously the points I lost were due to mistakes I made, so I was only upset with myself; however, I began to think about mistakes and how they relate to the learning process.
Avoiding all mistakes in life is impossible, but I should make an effort to avoid them when it is possible. With a class like this it is impossible not to make some mistakes, but everyone will make different kinds of mistakes based on their past. Even though we can learn from these mistakes and from being corrected, we also have to get a grade based on those mistakes. The person that learns the most in the class could thus be the person who receives the lowest grade.
These thoughts led to others about our current education system in general and whether or not it is the best way to teach students. It is definitely practical, but it could be better tailored to the learning process rather than just the outcome of a grade if students and teachers were willing to work on a more personal level. There is a lot more detail I could go into, but I'll leave it at that. What do you think?
I couldn't agree more! Sometimes schools are so focused on grades and GPA that they don't put an emphasis on teaching real life/people skills. My dad is President of a Golf Course Managing company where they own golf courses throughout the state of Utah, and Nevada. Some of his business partners have mentioned how they barely graduated college, yet they are incredible businessmen. They know how to communicate effectively, and they know how to network and build relationships like no other. They are incredibly successful. I wish that schools would modify some things in their teaching/grading methods. You made some really good points! Awesome post!
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