Editorial: From Grades To Growth: A Call For Real Learning

 

Purposeful learning builds an individual as a leader, a problem solver, and a competent student. One must not just get knowledge to describe; one must learn to apply it as well.

EDITORIAL 

An important question that persists within the academic journey: “Am I in school to learn to write exams or to be built for real-life experience?” This inquiry becomes paramount as one navigates through their years on campus.

The obsession with grades and certificates should not rule over the essence of education, which is to build an individual for the future. Knowledge is to be applied and not just to be described. Inasmuch as having high test scores and good grades is good, they should not stand in for skill acquisition through education. Many have lost the true essence of education, and the phrase “be an excellent student” is being misinterpreted to the point of leaving schools with good grades but an inability to navigate the real world's challenges.

Good grades are good and important, but students should not spend all their days in school getting good grades without competence. Working in a team, managing resources, critical thinking, and problem-solving are not by-products of education. Rather, they are the products that are expected after the long process of lectures, examinations, projects, and assignments.

Examination is a means to an end, not the end itself. Good grades should not only show that one can retain knowledge very well but that one is qualified to apply the knowledge that has been acquired.

It is critical to embrace good grades and not be drowned in them to the point of forgetting to carry along competence. It is also important that competence is not limited to good grades; One must not equate one’s worth to one’s grades alone. Success must be redefined beyond certificates, embracing all that education entails. An atmosphere of creativity and diversity must be created for oneself.

If education is limited to passing tests and having good grades, one might learn without acquiring competence. Purposeful learning builds an individual as a leader, a problem solver, and a competent student. One must not just get knowledge to describe; one must learn to apply it as well.






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