<p>Really. Every time we get out test back, the first thing my class does is pull out their TI-84s and calculate their average. OMG Do I have over a 90? If I get a 96 on the next quiz I can still scrape off an A-! </p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what you did wrong on the test. The only thing important is the grade. Seriously, what did happen to learning because you want to learn, not because you want to get a good grade?</p>
<p>A grade is the attempted quantification of how much you have learned. People care more about how they are perceived than how they really are.</p>
<p>I’ll admit I’m one of those people who pulls out the calculator to see about his average. Often enough though, it’s in the classes that I make only silly mistakes in on the tests/quizzes. For example, in pre-cal, it’s notation that I will get off for. However, I will look over most of my tests to see what I actually got wrong. Often it’s not that the person doesn’t care about the learning, it’s that the grades can sometimes reflect a misrepresentation of someone’s learning.</p>
<p>I calculate my average when I get tests back… but I care about learning.</p>
<p>See, if you get a bad grade on the test, you didn’t learn anything. So it’s smart to realize that you need to study more for the next test so you can “learn something” while also keeping the A.</p>
<p>What BMan said.</p>
<p>Another thing that bugs me (going off on the same lines) - when kids ask “Will this be on the AP?” If the answer’s no, they don’t bother learning it. Or even worse, when the teacher doesn’t bother teaching it. I realize that AP teachers have a set curriculum they need to get through, but a little extra knowledge never hurt anyone, did it?</p>
<p>Well, I check my grade quickly, just because I want to know.</p>
<p>BUT THEN,</p>
<p>I go thoroughly through what I missed and make sure I understand. </p>
<p>Really, it’s just to satisfy my curiosity. It takes a second, and then I can fully devote my attention to the “learning” part. I don’t dwell on the grade it–I check it, and move on to the more important stage of “learning.”</p>
<p>So, some of your classmates MAY BE doing something like that.</p>
<p>i find learning to be overrated</p>