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What's more important to you: actually learning something or getting good grades?

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Asked over 10 years ago by userpic 👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑
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5707 3 profile 477722
Getting good grades is more beneficial than learning because of the school system, which is really fucked up and backwards
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 precisely! Not trying to brag, but I get straight A's. Most of the time though I'm not really learning anything.
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
I'm just struggling to keep sufficient grades. We all lose sight of what's most important with school, but this isn't our fault.
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
Im in 11th grade so we're talking college and shit. My GPA is like 4.4, but still, I'd have to do excellent on the SAT to get into a good nursing school.
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
Which is ridiculous and is why so many people end up in low paying jobs. Like I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck for the rest of my life. It's bad enough I'm gonna be paying back student loans for an eternity.
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
Sorry for commenting so much I'm just really passionate about it lol
over 10 years ago
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5707 3 profile 477722
hahaha don't apologize, it's awesome
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 haha thanks. But it just sucks that the American school system screws us over like this
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5707 3 profile 477722
Good grades are a result of spitting out right answers verbatim on a test. That's it. Not learning, not retaining knowledge, not intelligence, not critical thinking, literally /nothing/ important.
over 10 years ago
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5707 3 profile 477722
most kids these days don't even know /how/ to learn or even /think for themselves/ and that's just fucked up
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5707 3 profile 477722
And if I don't feel like it's necessary to do homework on something I already understand, then I shouldn't have my grade lowered for it cause like you said, you need damn good grades for most high-paying jobs
over 10 years ago
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5365 4 463551322 profile 475674 0
@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 there are soooo many smart kids that I know who don't get good grades but are super intelligent. And it sucks because they won't get a high paying job: all because of meaningless grades
over 10 years ago
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5707 3 profile 477722
@👊Duchessjohanna👊 Exactly. Intelligent person gets bad grades ---> goes to meh college ---> doesn't have the proper knowledge/teaching to do anything with their intelligence to help the world or have any kind of power/authority
over 10 years ago
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5707 3 profile 477722
like what is that? That's holding us back as a race XD with sounds really melodramatic but shut up
over 10 years ago
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5095 21 440285442 profile 978024 0
LEARNING, (exept stupid math things I only study because I want a good grade on useless stuff 😂) if you get a b it's still a passing grade! Just be glad you aren't that one who gets an f on the easiest test ever!
over 10 years ago
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5557 13 480172875 profile 349149 0
noe
They're equal. In order to get good grades, you need to learn sth.
over 10 years ago
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5707 3 profile 477722
@noe Ehh not necessarily. A lot of people memorize facts without understanding the logic behind them, take tests, and forget the information almost instantly
over 10 years ago
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5707 3 profile 477722
@😘KimKardashian😘 yea, they teach a helluva lot of useless stuff in school...it's pretty dumb
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5102 0 440815000 profile 680443 0
Difficult question 😬
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5557 13 480172875 profile 349149 0
noe
@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 yeah but it's not like you don't learn anything. You may not remember specific dates but you remember things, like the global/important things.
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5707 3 profile 477722
@noe Yea, true. But would you rather learn and fully understand all the information but get relatively bad grades, or learn next to nothing but get good grades?
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5557 13 480172875 profile 349149 0
noe
@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 I guess better grades, because it's the only way you can go to university and get a good job. I mean who would care if you knew a lot, but almost fail at school, because in the end all that matters is if you get a good job.
over 10 years ago
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5667 8 489660283 profile 846128 0
Who cares about grades, I think that doesn't show what you know actually learning something is more important
over 10 years ago
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5316 16 459362018 profile 844752 0
I'd rather learn. That's why I hate school. It's much more educational to just sit in a real library all day, fiction or non fiction section.
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6098 19 526937858 profile 1085687 0
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Depends if it's math or science
over 10 years ago
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6098 19 526937858 profile 1085687 0
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And some history
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5302 19 458163338 profile 893609 0
Learning is so beautiful. I could care less about my grades. Schools have their priorities all messed up. Everything is for a big test. I bet schools in poor countries are much better, despite having less things. Teachers WANT to teach and kids WANT to learn.
about 10 years ago
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5302 19 458163338 profile 893609 0
I honestly can't say that I have memorized anything from what the previous years of school "taught" me. And I won't this summer. But I memorized the Greek alphabet because I LEARNED IT.
about 10 years ago
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5302 19 458163338 profile 893609 0
By myself. I find that I am a greater teacher than anyone. Not for others but for me, because I know what works and how I can challenge myself and how to improve in certain areas. You see? Tisk. And now here is the PARCC.
about 10 years ago
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5302 19 458163338 profile 893609 0
Which doesn't even hit the things we "learned" in school. And it isn't a great way to understand the level of knowledge that children have.
about 10 years ago
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5302 19 458163338 profile 893609 0
I think... Instead of taking a test, students should give a presentation on all they have learned the entire year and be graded that way. Or have it every month. That would be a fantastic way for a teacher to see where they may have gone wrong in certain areas. That way they can improve together.
about 10 years ago
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6071 21 524612955 profile 139186 0
Probably grades, cause you need them for work and stuff but you'll never need to know in your life after school that the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. 🐛
almost 10 years ago
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