report cards

Report cards! Waiting for them is always the worst part. The strange thing is I always knew how I was doing in a class, but I always felt like I never knew what grade would show up on my report card. It's always the proof for parents. They always ask you how are you doing in school and most children just tell them what they want to hear, but your report card is the ultimate evidence. I do feel that we need report cards though. We need them because they can work in our favor as student's. When I think of report cards I always think of the saying" men lie, women lie, numbers don't." A lot of students say teachers may have something against them and they just gave them a grade. But if you ask for them to show you a progress of all your work factored into the grade, and that is the reason for your recorded grade, than it is a fact. So my advice to everyone is do your best and it will be exciting to get your report card, not nerve wrecking.

standardized test

Very Unfair! I think standardized test are unfair to all students, even if you are a good test taker. If your a good test taker and you do well on a standardized test most of the times they place you in some upper level class but then once you get in their lets what if your not as proficient in the subject that you happened to excel in on the test. I believe standardized test are very misleading. They hold too much pressure on students. When I was in school I hated them. Especially when they are for placement to see where you are qualified. A lot of students are not good test takers so should they be judged on a one time test? The difference between regular classroom test and standardized test is that the teacher sees a student's progress based on other assignments, with standardized test I feel that students are judged on this. Standardized tests should not be weighed so heavily.