A – What is expected of us. Something deemed easy to get as long as you try.
B – Good. Decent. Try a bit harder next time.
C – Didn’t you studying? Why aren’t you trying?
D – What’s wrong with you.
F – You failure.
Why is it, that our entire lives, are based off these five letters? Why can a grade make or break your entire future? Why do we spend 12 years of our life stressing over how important these letters our, only to learn that they don’t matter so much once we’re in the ‘real world’?
Because no matter what, letters on a paper are just that. It’s not some prophecy that will tell you your destiny, and yet we treat it like it is. We treat our report cards the ticket to the rest of our life. It kind of is, but why? Why did we make it like that?
Why is it, that even though you say we’re all special, you judge us all the same with the same grades. Why isn’t an A in art, equal to an A in math. They’re both As, they’re both good grades, yet they’re treated on completely different scales.
Why do parents get so angry when their kid doesn’t get all straight As? Why do they care more about their child’s grades over their happiness and well-being?
Why do grades cause people to get stress, depression, and anxieties? Why are grades something that people die over?
W h y d i d w e m a k e i t l i k e t h a t ?
A – I did it.
B – I need to try harder.
C – I need to try harder.
D – I need to try harder.
F – I give up I need to try h a r d e r
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Very valid and interesting. And, as you say, none of this shit matters in the real world.
A – friend
B- brings
C- courage
D- don’t
E- embrace
F- failure alone
And yes…why fucking Maths worths more than Arts? Never an equation saved me but looking at an artsbook or an exposition always distracts me a bit from Hell.
Music increases math scores. Art increases problem solving skills. It is all interconnected. Thank you for the thoughtful post. Parent should be concerned with a child’s happiness and not measure their own (parental) personal worth by their children’s achievements.