school

the things that i believe need to change most about school are the grading systems and especially the way colleges view grading systems. im not trying to get on mr logsdons good side, i really do believe this needs to change, despite being one of those benefitting most by the system being the way it is now.

the grading is completely subjective from school to school. an A in one school, in one class, would hardly amount to a C in another class. i understand that is where the AP testing comes in to play, but still how much of a college's opinion is based upon that? another thing is class rank. i can name at least 40 people who, in any other podunk county school, would be top of the class and possibly even valedictorian, but in our school would only be in the 30's or 40's. yet this is another stat used a lot by colleges.

another problem with grades is how misrepresentative it is of how a student truly is. i have had a 4.o gpa all of high school. taken nearly all advanced classes, and have a similar resume to that of our two most notable peers, Barrett Block and Macy Early (other than a few more weighted courses taken by them). but, anyone who knows me or has had class with me knows my study habits and effort put into schoolwork is considerably, incredibly less than these two. they are better students by far, and one problem with our system is that colleges being applied to may have no idea of the difference as a student between me and them. thus, one of the biggest reasons the system needs to change.