The education system is far from perfect. Something designed to be “ok” for lots of people is seldom “good” or “great” for any one person. But that said- as sweet as the idea is- I think this misses the supposed point of an education- and more importantly, shows what is wrong with the system. It’s actually sad. Giving someone else your bonus points on a test- as if their score or grade is what really matters and not that they learn the information.... that’s one of the biggest and most critical faults to fix with most modern schools. The score is supposed to reflect ones knowledge and ability to demonstrate it- the point isn’t to get a high score though, it is to learn.
at least with American schools, the school and by extension the staff and further by extension the students only get rewarded if their students score high and they also only get rewarded if only some of their students score high.
thats one of the leading causes of the current "grades are the only thing that matter" culture American schools have, because functionally for the success of the student and the school as a whole grades are the only thing that matter.
once those students leave the school however they find they actively fucked up by cheating to get ahead in math class or cramming before their biology exam when they cant pass their higher education classes and are forced into remedial classes, costing them years of time and thousands of dollars or realize they cant do the math required to do their entry level straight out of highschool job because they didnt pay attention and/or cheated in their freshman math class.
That’s the dad state. And we need a better system. The truth is that- Yes. We need SOME metric of performance- and unless/until we’d have a socially manageable system to give every child a dedicated and properly matched educator- or at least better ratios of students to teachers- it can’t be perfect or so complex. There’s all these factors to consider and well- education is not only VERY abstract- but what is success? The class clown can grow up to be a billionaire and the class genius can be a drug addict burger flipper or work a low wage job in some company. So not only are questions of how we quantify “success” of an education at odds- but the fact that you really can’t see how well a student will use that education for decades likely.
Mind you- I’m not defending the current system in such a way that I support it- I’m merely saying that it is an imperfect solution to an imperfect problem. The same is true of schools of course- and as always- society shoulders some or much blame. Parents and tax payers want to know their children are getting an education or that tax dollars aren’t being squandered.
thats one of the leading causes of the current "grades are the only thing that matter" culture American schools have, because functionally for the success of the student and the school as a whole grades are the only thing that matter.
once those students leave the school however they find they actively fucked up by cheating to get ahead in math class or cramming before their biology exam when they cant pass their higher education classes and are forced into remedial classes, costing them years of time and thousands of dollars or realize they cant do the math required to do their entry level straight out of highschool job because they didnt pay attention and/or cheated in their freshman math class.