Anybody want to commiserate on something that sucks?
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Because people need to have a number to lord over others. I hate that academia is competitive like this when pass/fail would convey just as much information
The university I went to used to not have a grading system; instead the professors would write a summary of your performance. Of course they had to change it because since there was no GPA graduates weren't taken seriously when applying for jobs...While my classes had to be graded, I did have one professor that still wrote up a summary for me. It was so thoughtful, I wish that every class was still made to even if they did have to give a letter grade.