Blowing Up The Gradebook?

I really like the idea that students are continuously being less and less successful. Certain concepts come much easier to some students than others, and because of this you are “smarter” in some classes than others. When the truth is that you simply understand one thing better than another. Students are required to take specific classes, do specific assignments, and learn specific things. If we give the choice of what to learn back to the students, they will be more willing and excited to learn what needs to be learned. Students should be allowed to have the ability to use the amount of time that they need in order that they are able to fully understand the concept they need to be learning.

This is the issue with homework and due dates. Some students don’t have as much time at home to do homework or assignments, while simultaneously some students need much more time to understand an assignment or a concept in order to do well. Many students have learned the art of what they like to call “BSing it” this means that the “game” the education system is playing right now is simply teaching students how to pretend they understand something, not truly understand it.

This idea of changing the way that education looks is a good one. We can see that it is successful because it is tailored to each student. A student feels as though they are controlling their success and the game. Instead of walking into a game where all a student can do is lose, students are walking into a game where it is completely their choice as to if they win and how they win; and because of this, students will learn.