A Deeper Needle Lies Under The Haystack Analysis
Isaac
Nolan
English 1A
2 February 2014
A Deeper Needle Lies Under the Haystack: The Hidden Pressures of Education While striving to achieve in school is a goal for many students, a deeper stress lies under the surface. Unrealized by many students, the pretenses for success set by those around them are likely to cause a greater strain than they can handle. The pressure to succeed in school can often have a negative effect on the learning experience of many students. Hidden elements such as a student’s inner pride, grade inflation, and family cultural values can indirectly cripple one’s education, and ultimately destroy their future. Students strive for high grades in the hopes of a rewarding future, but stress and obsession are two …show more content…
School Districts try to make their schools reputable, and an easy way to do that is showing that its students have high grades. Grade Inflation is a cunning strategy used by some Districts to appear as a school with successful students. However, this manipulation of grades can lead not only to students being advanced to classes for which they are not ready, but also graduates not preforming well in their respective workplace. Scholar William Chan writes in the article, "A Signaling Theory Of Grade Inflation,” that “When employers cannot tell whether a school truly has many good students or just gives easy grades, a school has incentives to inflate grades to help its mediocre students, despite concerns about preserving the value of good grades for its good students,” ( Chan 1065). Employers often look at an applicant’s transcript to determine whether or not that individual will work hard and contribute to their firm, but according to Chan, there is virtually no way to differentiate between the deceptive pursuers of the career. Also, the student that is put through this grade inflation could be unaware of the fact that he or she had been wrongfully elevated and might face great troubles when it comes to be their time to perform in the workplace. Moreover, grade Inflation in one school arouses competition between districts to show that their students “succeed.” This chain of manipulation leads to further inflation which keeps cycling through more and more schools. Students must possess not only the teachings of their classes, but the knowledge of the school system itself in order to anticipate these threats to their
Nolan
English 1A
2 February 2014
A Deeper Needle Lies Under the Haystack: The Hidden Pressures of Education While striving to achieve in school is a goal for many students, a deeper stress lies under the surface. Unrealized by many students, the pretenses for success set by those around them are likely to cause a greater strain than they can handle. The pressure to succeed in school can often have a negative effect on the learning experience of many students. Hidden elements such as a student’s inner pride, grade inflation, and family cultural values can indirectly cripple one’s education, and ultimately destroy their future. Students strive for high grades in the hopes of a rewarding future, but stress and obsession are two …show more content…
School Districts try to make their schools reputable, and an easy way to do that is showing that its students have high grades. Grade Inflation is a cunning strategy used by some Districts to appear as a school with successful students. However, this manipulation of grades can lead not only to students being advanced to classes for which they are not ready, but also graduates not preforming well in their respective workplace. Scholar William Chan writes in the article, "A Signaling Theory Of Grade Inflation,” that “When employers cannot tell whether a school truly has many good students or just gives easy grades, a school has incentives to inflate grades to help its mediocre students, despite concerns about preserving the value of good grades for its good students,” ( Chan 1065). Employers often look at an applicant’s transcript to determine whether or not that individual will work hard and contribute to their firm, but according to Chan, there is virtually no way to differentiate between the deceptive pursuers of the career. Also, the student that is put through this grade inflation could be unaware of the fact that he or she had been wrongfully elevated and might face great troubles when it comes to be their time to perform in the workplace. Moreover, grade Inflation in one school arouses competition between districts to show that their students “succeed.” This chain of manipulation leads to further inflation which keeps cycling through more and more schools. Students must possess not only the teachings of their classes, but the knowledge of the school system itself in order to anticipate these threats to their