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Does grades encourage students to learn?
When it comes to the issue about the effect of grades, different
people have different ideas. Some people suggest the grades
stimulate the students to work hard, while others maintain the
opposite view. As far as I am concerned, the former point of view
carries more weight. I agree that the grade system is good on
account of the following reasons.
First of all, grades can help the students see their situation clearly
and recognize the deficiency, therefore they can improve
themselves. For example, after a period of time of study, a freshman
thinks he has mastered all the textbooks, but the result of the test
reveals he is wrong. Consequently, he will spend more time on his
study.
Second point to take into account is that everyone has the
completive consciousness in this competing society. Students who
get lower grades will feel uncomfortable and losing face. As a
result, they will decrease the time spending on sports and
entertainments in order to achieve higher grades.
Last but not least, good grade is the symbol of success, and
scholarships will be awarded to the best ones. Therefore all the
students will work hard for being recognized as the excellent ones.
However, just as the proverb goes,
who take the opposite

coin has two sides? Those

view are partly reasonable in that the grades may hurt the student`s
self-respect.
Given the factors I outlined, we can easily conclude, generally

speaking, grades can increase students` enthusiasm for studying.