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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at the college level, and I hate students' obsession with grades. The focus on all As is producing a culture where kids are afraid to think for themselves, to take risks, think outside the box. It is ok to get Bs and even Cs. In fact at the college level students will find their tools and strategies for pursuing all As will actually be a detriment to them. There is also the issue that their worth and identity is so wrapped up in being a straight A student that when they get their first B or (horrors) C they completely fall apart.
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You need the grades to get into magnet and decent colleges now.  [/quote]

It's not all about grades.[/quote]

Right so then why did some of our well rounded all a kids not get selected?[/quote]

The PP you’re quoting literally said “It’s not all about grades.”  If it was all about grades, maybe your all A kid would have been selected over my (and other PP’s) mostly A kids. [/quote]

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