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As I get older I come to realize the most important thing in education is the grade, not the knowledge. I used to be excited to learn new things in school whether it be a new math equation or what happened in history, but now I seem to not be as excited about learning. I still want to get good grades, go to __#|college and__ be successful, I just wish there was a better way to evaluate students. A way that was less stressful, or at least less stress on a students GPA. I wish I could go to school and learn, without worrying my test scores will effect my GPA and ruining my college chances. Worrying about the grade more than the knowledge leads me and many other students to worry more about completion rather than understanding. This results in students with high GPA's and low IQ's.

There are certainly flaws in today's educational system. The grading system for one, but there are also many other issues that need to be resolved. We as a country need to figure out our educational woes before it is too late, it is clear we are slipping in comparison to the rest of the world when it comes to education, and that is simply unacceptable.